> John, > What store is this and where is it? Sounds fantastic that they are showing > consumers the Third and Option.
It's Czech Computer, s.r.o. (similar to ", LLC") and as the name suggests, they're based in .CZ (and they seem to also deal in .SK). It's not like they're actively supporting anything other than Winblow$, but at least there's some improvement over every single machine showing that stupid piece of crap on screen (including Internet Exploiter). I've got another idea of how to tip the balance just a little bit more: anyone interested in helping to spread GNU/Linux should consider learning to use BitTorrent downloads if possible. There are multiple points to this: * primary servers usually get hammered by anxious updaters and mirrors take quite a while to get in sync with them, so there's like snowball's chance in hell to get your hands on freshly released distro the usual way (HTTP and/or FTP), but the exact opposite goes for BitTorrent, where the availability inherently increases (the more people are downloading the same thing, the better for all of them) * there's no need to verify downloaded images because the integral part of how BitTorrent works is mandatory data integrity check of every downloaded piece so once the download completes, data integrity is guaranteed, so you don't risk canning valuable time or media * you're saving connection slots and bandwidth for those who don't know any other way of downloading stuff than firing up their browser and hitting a download button somewhere on the web page * you're adding more weight to the point that one of the major use cases for BitTorrent is spreading Free software, not computer piracy, so any attempts to ban it mostly cripples just a bunch of completely honest users The only catch is to seed at least until your ratio reaches 1, which is probably not a problem for anyone who takes his efforts to spread Free software seriously. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs