On Sunday 04 September 2005 09:11 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Miark wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:54:20 -0500, Chris wrote: > >>Linspire is giving away their 5.0.59 version this weekend. A > >>friend asked me to download the iso and burn it for him. Did > >>that with BitTorrent, question, how long should I leave > >>torrent going in upload mode? The freebee ends on the 6th, > >>would it be the right thing to do to leave it running unitl > >>then? > > > > It's a moot point. At the end of the weekend, Linspire's torrent > > link will be down and new people won't be able to begin the > > torrent. So just keep it running for people that started but > > couldn't finish the torrent in time. > > > > Miark > > They may leave the torrent link up for a while, but only people that > have already "purchased" the digital version will be able to get it. It > will probably depend on how big the backlog is. The way they have it set > up, you can "buy" it for free now, and download it later. > > Mikkel
Here is some stats I received from Linspire this evening: Chris, I believe the giveaway is the full OS 5.0.59? The "Live" version will not allow you to install on a hard drive, the one you got allows a full install/upgrade+Live! We now have only 600 people waiting to download the ISO from our FTP/HTTP servers and currently getting around 5500 people downloading via bittorrent daily! I think their is around 1900 seeders currently active (just a guess) so I wouldn't worry about staying on-line seeding if you need the bandwidth. The bittorrent is always available, however the release may change as time goes on. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 21:22:53 up 14 days, 9:06, 1 user, load average: 0.53, 0.57, 0.70 Mandriva Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency. -- George Nathan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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