Am 10.09.2014 um 01:51 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
And yes, of course, having a slow internet connection, no matter the download method, is one reason not to use a rolling release, or use factory assiduously. It takes me 13 hours to download a DVD at full speed and doing nothing else in the entire house. Realistically, it
A "rolling release" and "DVD download" are two expressions which have absolutely no overlapping area for me ;-) Or, to tell it otherwise: you install the latest stable, switch the repos to factory and then update. It still takes quite some bandwidth, but you only download what's needed (I'd say most peoply do not use ~70% of what is on the DVD. The problem is, that everyone uses another 30% :-)
takes me about two days. So I usually don't use factory till RC time...
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