[Wylug-discuss] The Linux Mirror Project (fwd)

[James Holden (WYLUG)]

Jim Jackson wrote:
>
> for info.......
[...]
>
> Hello,
>
> Myself and a fellow Linux enthusiast (supported by some members of our
> community) have recently launched a new website over at http://
> www.tlm-project.org (The Linux Mirror Project).
>
> We have noticed after downloading many distributions that many mirror servers
> used to provide Linux ISO images and distributions have a tendancy to max out
> at about 5k/s, and thus, it can take a long time to download a new
> distribution.
[snip well-meaning project info]

I rsync iso images from the UK mirror service, and haven't had a problem
with speed yet. Many distros (eg: Slackware, Mandrake) provide BT
trackers themselves. Isn't this project a bit of a duplication of effort?

James