Subj : LOL
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Arelor
Date : Tue May 10 2022 05:38:01

  Re: LOL
  By: Sean Dennis to All on Sun May 08 2022 01:19 pm

 > Hello All,
 > 
 > So I wanted to try out the new Slackware Linux 15 today as a VM.  Tried to get  it
 > from here but I was told it was a 16 hour download (!).  So I connected to  my serv
 > at home and downloaded the ISO there.  Took all of 85 seconds.  I am  using gFTP vi
 > SFTP to get the ISO here.  3.5GB and so far I am getting  555kb/s out of the
 > hospital's WiFi.  I am glad it is Sunday and no IT staff  are here or else I'd be
 > throttled for sure.  Still a 90 minute download but  better than 16 hours.
 > 
 > -- Sean
 > 
 > ... That does not compute.

Enjoy your Slackware.

Slackware is the last general purpose Linux distribution I find bearable for personal
use :-) Too bad their release engineering is a bit sub-par. I love that you can use it
as a great development platform since you can paste a ports-like system on it easily.

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