Darryl Gregorash composed on 2024-06-12 16:31 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
Darryl Gregorash composed on 2024-06-12 06:35 (UTC-0600):
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https://get.opensuse.org/leap/15.6/#download if you prefer downloading with a web browser instead of (blah blah blah)
Most casual users of openSUSE are unlikely to remember that URL, and
Where is that statistic published?
will start from the "home page" instead. Similarly, such users are not likely to know that such utilities exist, and even if they did, they would still need to know the actual URL where the ISO images are found (which is not get.o.o/leap/15.6)
They should learn they're not using Windows.
Also get it from the very same place it has been for many moons, regardless of version, the same place YaST, Zypper and the installation system get it:
See above.
Have you heard of bookmarks, favorites or browser history. Anyone with any significant experience attempting to to *download* ought to be able to guess right on first try, then a few clicks.
Finally, for those who wish to help out in the distribution by seeding a torrent, there is only one way to get the .torrent file, and that is from get.o.o. I'm rather surprised that relatively few people actually get the ISO files from the torrents. Once a torrent is well-seeded, anyone downloading that file can see his/her download capacity reached within seconds -- much faster than what one can usually see from a single source.
Zypper dup works so well there are many openSUSE users who online upgrade, some various periods before GA is available or announced, needing only a modest zypper dup post-release. Others do NET installations, so only need to download in advance either as little as installer versions of linux and initrd, or one small CD .iso, all from download.opensuse.org. These cut down on potential efficacy of torrent. My broadband download speed is the lowest commonly available from typical "cable" providers in USA, yet fast enough it matters not. Under 10 minutes to download a DVD .iso is trivial. The http://distro.ibiblio.org/opensuse/ mirror of download.opensuse.org provided today's official 15.6 x86_64 DVD .iso in 6m 0s. We have choices. ;) -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata