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["Anthony L. Bryan" <albryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I thought you might be interested in the Metalinks for openSUSE, which are
automatically generated by one of your mirrors (http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/)
at http://download.packages.ro/metalink/opensuse/.

Metalinks are really useful for large files like ISOs and contain all mirror
and p2p locations along with checksums and other metadata. I've attached one
(edited, doesn't contain all mirrors), its an XML file and is pretty self
explanatory, but there are two good descriptions here:

http://torrentfreak.com/metalinker-integrating-http-ftp-and-p2p/

'We've all seen those download pages where a couple of http, ftp and
bittorrent mirrors are listed. We often just pick one of these, but wouldn't
it be great if you could use them all at the same time?

Metalinker has the solution. It works like this, the .metalink file tells
your download manager where it can get the file, and connects to these
different sources at the same time.'

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/28/metalinks-integrated-bittorrent-http
-and-ftp-downloads/


Right now, Metalinks are used by OpenOffice.org and a few smaller Linux
distributions. I think they could be useful to you too.

Metalinks are supported by a number of download managers on Unix, Mac, and
Win. There are 2 for unix, a command line version
(http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) and one with a GUI.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Anthony Bryan 
Metalink [ www.metalinker.org ]



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/";
 
origin="http://metalink.packages.ro/download/download/opensuse/openSUSE-10.2
-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso.metalink"
  type="static" pubdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09"
  generator="Metalink Gen - http://metalink.packages.ro"; 
  refreshdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09">

  <publisher>
    <name>Package resources</name>
    <url>http://www.packages.ro</url>
  </publisher>
  <license>
    <name>GPL</name>
    <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</url>
  </license>    
  <description>OpenSuSE</description>
  <tags>linux,suse,opensuse,distribution</tags>
  <identity>openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso</identity>
  <version>10.2-Alpha3</version>

  <files>  
   <file name="openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso">
    
     <os>Linux-x86</os>
    
    <size>682434560</size>
    <verification>
     <hash type="md5">e9ba3bd40e6393f18265c5096a81adf3</hash>
    </verification>
    <resources>
      
     
      <url type="http"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/o
penSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/op
enSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUS
E-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="http"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSU
SE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="http"
           location="id"
           preference="10">
 
http://suse.cbn.net.id/i386/10.0/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-A
lpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="tw"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/Linux/SuSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-Al
pha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      
       <url type="magnet" preference="90">
 
magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:DBWEPZSBBWHFE27JXM2LYMF7RYB63TOM&amp;xt=urn:tree:tiger:S
QKL5VHEGCPTWNOSAZO44CNQ6EDNUC6TYTWQMGI&amp;xt=urn:ed2k:9b03d0fe271a1c3929795
0507141b997&amp;xt=urn:kzhash:e8b5cc42cdc0aef78dda7d561b938b3d15166fa5c9bb33
8c33f8f5a3b6e7f37a1a90a23b&amp;xl=682434560&amp;dn=openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386
-CD1.iso
       </url>  
      
    </resources>
   </file>
  </files> 
</metalink>

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