[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 7.2

[Clint Tredway]

Thanks for all the responses!

I really appreciate it!


>From: "Bob Byron" <bbyron at radit.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 7.2
>Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:36:44 -0600
>
>cheapbytes.com is a good place to purchase Linux.  They actually send
>you CD's (pitted aluminum) instead of CDR's.  I don't know what
>linuxcentral sends, but I am glad to see another resource to price
>shop.
>
>Oh, and believe me, it is a much better use of my time to buy these
>disks online, then to try to fight for an FTP slot, fight for bandwidth,
>waste the disk space of the 640 Mg images per CD, wait for the
>CD's to burn, hope they succeed, then label the disks.  Save the
>hassle, and buy it from one of those two websites.  If you can, get
>a group buy together, and the shipping is that much less.
>
>Bob Byron
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MadHat" <madhat at unspecific.com>
>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 7.2
>
>
> > If nothing else (like for those with bad/slow connections), check out
> > http://www.linuxcentral.com/
> > specifically
> > 
>http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-118&id=b1DWCv9RyeLUU
> > you can get it for $4.95 +SH
> >
> > I have ordered CDs from them before and have not been disappointed.
> >
> > A complete list of distributions they carry can be found here
> > 
>http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?cat[]=lccd&subcat=1&id=b1DWCv9RyeLUU
> > anywhere from $2.95 up...  They also sell the official Distributions CDs 
>at
> > regular cost (which means they usually include some tech support).
> >
> >
> > At 10:44 AM 12/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > >yup, redhat.com is slow.  select an ftp site listed on their mirror 
>page
> > >found at:  http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html
> > >
> > >i've had the best luck using mirrors from the .edu domain
> > >
> > >-- lee
> > >
> > >Clint Tredway wrote:
> > >
> > >>Can anyone point me to a place that I can download Red hat in a
> > >>reasonable amount of time?
> > >>I keep trying redhat.com, but it always times out.
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Clint Tredway
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
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