[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux for game programming

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 23:39, Kevin Jenkins wrote:
> I believe it didn't work because I only got 500 of 700 MB for each CD.  I
> don't know why, but my FTP program said they were done at that point.

That would do it :-) Get a different FTP client.

> 
> I tried bittorrent and have to strongly discourage others from using it.
> Not only did it freeze my system when using firefox, but it downloads at
> about 18KB/s compared to 500KB/s from the FTP I am currently using.

My experience is the opposite of that, but then I never tried to use it
under Windows.

                        Bob Pendleton

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Schlyder" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:56 AM
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Linux for game programming
> 
> 
> > Kevin Jenkins:
> > > Thanks for all the info.  I'm going to try Mandrake linux since it seems
> to
> > > be the most user-friendly.
> >
> > > Any fast download sites out there?  I've been trying to download for
> about
> > > 20 minutes now but can't find a fast site that isn't full
> >
> > Check
> >
> > http://luna.mindmerge.net/opentorrent/
> >
> > for BitTorrent links.
> >
> > Direct link to Mandrake 10.0 torrent:
> >
> >
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/torrent/Mandrakelinux-10.0-Official-Download.torr
> ent
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Schlyder
> > http://bitblaze.com/
> >
> >
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