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 
I am using kTorrent. At the moment 23 MB down and 37 MB up !
Jan
Using Aria 2. See: openSUSE Lizards Ā» Best Way to Download openSUSE
It says it will do it within 1 1/2 hours.
The Metalink is not in your poll list.
I do not have a fast internet. So direct download cannot happen. it is Torrent for me.
Iām using a metalink and itās flyinā down the wire. 90 minutes to completion. However, I donāt know if Iām 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 Iāve got the right one?
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/distribution/11.1/iso/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso) it should be OK. Less then 45 mins for me now.
You have to Choose metalink, donāt you? I mean DownThemAll or aria2 wonāt automatically pick up a metalink, right?
Using DownThemAll, Iāve got a bit less than an hour to go. I installed this Firefox extension and also aria2, just for todayās download extravaganza, so Iām 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 doesnāt have the same kind of gui, Iām not sure if it also begins to seed.
Anyway, if it does seed, Iām leaving it open.
whereās the āI didnāt download it cuz Iām skipping itā option?
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.
In all the excitment I forgot to add metalink :shame:
sorry
standard is down rotfl!
Normally I use the torrentā¦ but I just could not wait!! Pumping the last mbās over (20 mins to go!).
Iāll be going with the standard method using DTAOneClick.
From the Pirate bay, six days ago. rotfl!
buugmenot wrote:
> From the Pirate bay, six days ago. rotfl!
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So you must have liked RC1 then, but how are you going to get GM :)?
First off, I am new here and this is my first post. I decided to register because of my experience downloading this morning. Also for any future linux questions.
I have never run linux on any of my PCās that I use. I do have a DLink network drive that has linux installed and have run various scripts and commands.
I was going to try opensuse on a liveCD a few days ago when I found out about linuxmint and others. But since a new version was about to be released I waited. I did try linuxmint gnome version on livecd and I was suprised at how easy it is to use compared to typing in commandsā¦
I first started downloading 11.1 with a torrent and uTorrent. It was slooooowwww. Max download was 300kb/sec, average was below 100 and was to take 5+ hours. It also crashed my internet connection (cable modem), my router, and my computer a few times. After numerous reboots I had enough of the torrent. It was my impression that torrent downloads of this file size were faster than direct. Yes, the port is forwarded and I have it tweaked as other files have taken ~20-30 minutes. Not with this fileā¦
So I went back to the opensuse download page and got the 32bit 11.1 kde4xxx.iso file directly in firefox. WOWā¦I averaged around 800kb/sec with max of 850. It took me 12 minutes.
Had I known all of this I would have done it this way in the first place. Instead, I lost time, had to reboot everything numerous times. I would have had it up and running. But I had to go to lunch.
It is now burned to disc and I am going to first try the livecd before installing dual boot with XP. Wish me luck! 
Wellā¦ wishing you luck!! as aslo welcome!
If you are new to openSUSE there are some things that need to be installed a bit differently.
Here is a good read to give a better understanding of openSUSE : Concepts - openSUSE
Also, for multimedia : Restricted Formats/11.1 - openSUSE-Community
There are many wiki pages you will find on openSUSE.org to help you with specific subjects.
Hope you enjoy!
Wj
I started my 64 bit DVD on the torrent before leaving the house this morning. I could have done an HTTP download, but would rather have my file out there to help others on the torrent.
That was the GM, including the opensuse signature.
Itās still available, including timestamp, at Opensuse 11.1 i586 DVD (download torrent) - TPB and Opensuse 11.1 x86-64 DVD (download torrent) - TPB >:)
i went over my cap a while ago, so my speed is dialed back to dial up speed until the end of the month, which means I am downloading the live cd from a mirror, should have it in another 17 hours rotfl!