On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Phil Edwards wrote:
> Not sure if this comes under the "Stupid Questions" heading or not, but is
> there any reason why the .iso images on the various ftp mirrors can't be
> compressed to make for a (slightly) quicker download?
no way, or it isn't that good. think: most of the cd are RPMs,
which already are compacted. so, the distributor wastes time compacting
the iso, you win some downloading it, and you loose time and space
unpacking it. don't know, they may think it isn't worth.
