[PLUG] Fwd: Fwd: Distro downloads 'n stuff

Tony Rick tonyr42 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 16:30:34 UTC 2008


I don't think this got back to the list,  so I'm adding it for continuity,
If I'm
lucky, John already saw this.

- tony

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alison Briggs <ali at freegeek.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [PLUG] Distro downloads 'n stuff
To: Tony Rick <tonyr42 at gmail.com>
Cc: johnxj at comcast.net


Hi Tony!

I passed your message along to the Technocrats committee.  They're the techy
folks who deal with that kind of stuff.  If there's no response from them in
a week or so, please shoot me an email and I'll poke them about it.

Be well,
~Ali

Tony Rick wrote:

> Ali,
>
> PLUG is looking for a way to store multiple Linux distribution images
> (distribution iso images
> for burning) for people.  The email below is a pretty comprehensive
> suggestion about how to do it,
> but implies some minimal Free Geek support (space, power to run a server,
> but no manpower).
> Do you think Free Geek would entertain an idea like this?
>
> I think the PLUG FG liaison is currently John Jason Jordan, and I am
> copying him on this, for
> further possible discussion.
>
> - tony (FG alum, MacBuild)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Keith Lofstrom* <keithl at kl-ic.com <mailto:keithl at kl-ic.com>>
> Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Distro downloads 'n stuff
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" <
> plug at lists.pdxlinux.org <mailto:plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:52:36PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > 1) There are a ton of distros, many with multiple versions. There are
> > more than a dozen just for each version of Ubuntu.
> >
> > 2) It never fails that the one that someone needs is the one I left at
> > home.
> >
> > 3) Bandwidth at Free Geek is not good enough to download an entire
> > distro in the time allotted.
> >
> > 4) It turns out that I have a 60 GB USB hard drive that I am not using.
>
> I propose something different.
>
> Rather than try to fit everything on John's 60GB drive (and given point
> (2) above, which will also apply to that drive), and given the limited
> speed of his CD burner, I propose that we build a small mirror server
> for Free Geek, that lives permanently in their server closet and on the
> Free Geek internal network and is not available for outside access.
> Given their very limited bandwidth it would not be complete mirror like
> PSU or OSUOSL, just distros that we might want.
>
> We can set up nightly "wget" runs to download new distro images of
> interest, perhaps copying the URLs over from a wiki page (on either
> the PLUG or Free Geek wiki) where people can queue up a list of desired
> URLs for images and md5sums.  I would like there to be a manual vetting
> process for that, so that spammers or other scum don't subvert it or
> point links in the wrong direction, but it should be fairly easy to
> maintain, and much easier to do than manual downloads.  Of course, we
> could all bring in CDs and disk images on our laptops at the clinic,
> and upload those, saving Free Geek bandwidth.
>
> Free Geek would have access to the server the rest of the month, of
> course.  Perhaps they can even set up a "download and burn" booth in
> the store, so that customers can choose and download distros for a
> small fee.
>
> Since this is a fixed location box, it can be a lot bigger than John's
> 60GB - I'm thinking two seagate 750GB drives, which are often on sale at
> Fry's for $110.  If we split them up correctly, we can download from both
> drives at once at full ethernet speed.  We could seed it at PSU, on their
> network, from the PSU mirror, before we install it at Free Geek.  I can
> probably arrange this through Bart or some other friend at PSU.  Who
> should we talk to at Free Geek?
>
> John's drive might will still be useful, as a portable "bucket" for him
> to carry stuff in at the last moment.  Many of us have better bandwidth
> than Free Geek, so we can bring in more stuff with portable drives than
> the Free Geek mirror can download at the last minute.
>
> Lastly, I propose that we put out a donation box at the clinic, to help
> pay Free Geek for the facilities we are using for the distro server and
> the Clinic.
>
> Keith
>
>
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