On 19-Nov-04 Danny Sauer wrote:
Oh. I missed out on the list for a week or so (it's easy to fall behind when one's a bit busy), and didn't realize that all of the packages aren't also on the CDs. *That* is a bit odd. I still think that a modern DVD drive would be a good investment, but I've also gotta agree that perhaps it's silly to include the CDs at all if they're not complete. Why not just include one CD with enough to install a base system, get online, and finish the install if they're requiring someone to download some of the stuff anyway? Doesn't everyone have at least a frac T1 at home by now, even though they may not have a modern DVD drive? ;)
Certainly not. The best I have is a 4KB/sec (approx) dialup connection
with no prospect of better in the foreseeable future and at that rate
downloading even 1 CD of bytes would take over 2 days, continuously
connected, with the complication that the connection fails randomly
(on average about once/hour). Nor are there any DVD readers here!
As others have said, a great thing about SuSE has been the splendid
collection of software you got on the CDs. Once you had that box
you could forget any difficulties of connecting to the outside and
simply read off the CDs in a very satisfying way. I concur that
it is a pity that this situation is changing and some of us in the
margins will feel even more marginalised.
Best wishes to all,
Ted.
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