11.1 is out but how will/did you download it?

[SLK021]

11.1 is out but how will/did you download it?

What is the fastest way of downloading openSUSE to you.
Those lost minutes if choosing the slower method can mean more stress

[janoholm]

I am using kTorrent. At the moment 23 MB down and 37 MB up !

Jan

[hcvv]

Using Aria 2. See: openSUSE Lizards » Best Way to Download openSUSE

It says it will do it within 1 1/2 hours.

[hcvv]

The Metalink is not in your poll list.

[viperskunk]

I do not have a fast internet. So direct download cannot happen. it is Torrent for me.

[Prexy]

I'm using a metalink and it's flyin' down the wire. 90 minutes to completion. However, I don't know if I'm getting the right file. The link to the metalink page came up with an error, page not found. I looked at the info page for metalinks and that gave me a sample link to look at the code behind metalinks. When I clicked it, the download started.

It says DVD 11.1 (nothing about GM) and I think it was available on the 10th? How do I know I've got the right one?

[hcvv]

My metalink says openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso and that seems to be correct. GM is only a way to say that it is the final one, nothing to incorporate in the name itself. When you use the name in the page I mentioned earlier (http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...1-DVD-i586.iso) it should be OK. Less then 45 mins for me now.

[Prexy]

You have to Choose metalink, don't you? I mean DownThemAll or aria2 won't automatically pick up a metalink, right?

Using DownThemAll, I've got a bit less than an hour to go. I installed this Firefox extension and also aria2, just for today's download extravaganza, so I'm not familiar with them yet. I practiced a download of a live CD last week and dTa seems to seed a torrent when its finished. Since aria2 doesn't have the same kind of gui, I'm not sure if it also begins to seed.

Anyway, if it does seed, I'm leaving it open.

[microchip8]

where's the "I didn't download it cuz I'm skipping it" option?

[hcvv]

Got it!!! 90 minutes, almost to the second. Aria2 is seeding now. I wiill let it run for a while.

As long as Metalink is not in the Poll list I will not vote. I never got it so fast.