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Paul Sutton wrote: >> Nice. Good old fast internet, what ever did we do before it? >> >> (actually, I remember, spending a month downloading RedHat on dialup!) >> >> Rob >> >> > That must have left you with a rather large telephone bill > > Paul > > > Actually no, it was when BT released Surftime, I paid something like £6 a month for off peak free internet access, it was great having a connection from 6pm until about 8am and then all weekend. Saying that though, it did tie the phone line up somewhat! I'm downloading Ubuntu now. I think the mirrors are pretty loaded, I've opted for the Bit Torrent method of downloading, at least that way I can do my bit and give some bandwidth back. I was surprised too how many versions there are! Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html