Freespire local mirror

[Pooky]

Anyone know of a local mirror for freespire linux distros?

 

[Anthro]

Have you tried:

ftp://ftp.is.co.za/

 

[Pooky]

Doesn't seem to be there.

 

[Pooky]

Well, seeing as I can't find that... Should I go for openSUSE... Mandriva... Or Kubuntu?

 

[chiskop]

You can order a disc from these guys (I've never used them, so caveat emptor etc)

EDIT: Stick with ubuntu / kubuntu... it will be much easier to find solutions for a widely-used distro. OpenSuse is alright, mandriva is not what it used to be.

 

[Pooky]

Ok.... so now... Ubuntu or Kubuntu?

 

[chiskop]

That's personal preference. Some people prefer the customisability of KDE, some idiots like Gnome for whatever reason.

 

[Pooky]

lol... the mirror.ac.za kubuntu download does not work, is there another place?

 

[chiskop]

http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-release/kubuntu/gutsy/ [I know you said it doesn't work, this is what kubuntu.org gives as the SA mirror]
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/ubuntu-releases/cdimage/kubuntu/releases/7.10/release [seems to have dvd but not cd versions]

 

[Pooky]

What's the difference between the dvd and the normal one?

 

[Pooky]

Ah it's working now.

 

[chiskop]

The Live cd will give you a desktop system with various office, multimedia, graphics and internet apps - a useful but basic system. The DVD contains more packages that you may wish to install. All of these packages are available from the online repos, so you can always select what you want later.

For my bandwidth, i would go for the cd then upgrade the specific packages I want later.

 

[Pooky]

Cool thanks, busy downloading it now.