Thanks Nick, Couldn't resist replying to show the laptop is functional & running newer test software than the desktop gateway already (see sig for details).
Quanta is likely to be a bigger download than gFTP tho, if it's there. Cheers On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 21:46, Nick Rout wrote: > gftp is approx a 1M download, or 30-40 secs on Rob's 256K jetstream > connection, and, at a guess, 15 mins compiling. remember the binaries are > only a reference platform to get you going, not a compiled version of every > program that ever existed ;-) > > > maybe more, maybe less. probably less, but i don't want to disappoint you :-) > > I'll be interested to see it. Myself, I usually browse ftp repositories with > my web browser and then use wget to download anything worthwhile. My main occupation is website development (uploading all the time). > esearch gftp > [ Results for search key : gftp ] > [ Applications found : 1 ] > > * net-ftp/gftp > Latest version available: 2.0.16-r1 > Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] > Size of downloaded files: 1,076 kB > Homepage: http://www.gftp.org > Description: Gnome based FTP Client > > > > On Fri, 14 May 2004 20:56, InfoHelp wrote: > > Obvious omissions are: > > > > Quanta/Plus > > > > g(or any)FTP > > > > or did my search miss good equivalents? > > > > Regards > > > > Rik > > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >In fact to see what packages are available see here: > > > > > >ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/packagecd/CONTE > > >NTS -- InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz SuseLinux9.0 i686 2.4.21-199-default, Gnome 2.2.2, Evolution 1.4.4, Mozilla 1.4
