To quote Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # > Pfff, I really don't know how many Kbs of packages you need to # > upgrade. The Xfree86 packages changed since 2.2r0, IIRC, so it could # > be quite a few Kbs.. # # Too much. It takes already an hour to download the kernel source (ideal # line), and that is only 15MB. You will be better off buying the cd's. # # Depending on your demands, you can buy only two new CD's and download some # other stuff you might need.
This is all a matter of patience, and in some cases, cost. In North America, local regional calls are free - they don't cost anything. Likewise, unlimited internet access can usually be bought for about $20US a month. I've been using Linux pretty much exclusively for three years, I guess, and I've only bought two boxed distributions. Even then, I had downloaded the ISOs before I decided to pay the distribution makers. Sure, it took ~18 hours for a 640 meg CD image, but hey, I can just leave my computer to do its thing. Dave