[Klug-general] Ubuntustudio

Karl Latimer karl at qdh.org.uk
Mon May 14 14:27:08 BST 2007


On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 13:42 +0100, Mike wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 07:56:39PM +0100, Peter wrote:
> > You're lucky to get a DVD.
> > 
> > The .iso threatened to take 2 days and Bit torrent nearly 2 weeks.
> > I had the  same trouble with Ubuntu when I first downloaded it. I only
> > managed the CD because I found a mirror site that let me download at a
> > reasonable speed.
> > 
> > Regards, Peter.
> 
> ISO?  Luxery!  We used to have to install off a pile o' floppies in middle o' road!

Ok, before anyone starts on tales of how they entered their programs on
linear punched tape, or punched cards... There just isn't any need. Back
in my day we didn't even use cards, we had to paint our programs on the
walls of the cave with a snipping of horse hair, then we needed 15
people to perform the function of a simple boolean AND gate. 

Ahh, evolution isn't what it used to be...

k,





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