> John,
> What store is this and where is it? Sounds fantastic that they are showing consumers the Third and Option.
It's Czech Computer, s.r.o. (similar to ", LLC") and as the name
suggests, they're based in .CZ (and they seem to also deal in .SK). It's
not like they're actively supporting anything other than Winblow$, but
at least there's some improvement over every single machine showing that
stupid piece of crap on screen (including Internet Exploiter).
I've got another idea of how to tip the balance just a little bit more:
anyone interested in helping to spread GNU/Linux should consider
learning to use BitTorrent downloads if possible. There are multiple
points to this:
* primary servers usually get hammered by anxious updaters and
mirrors take quite a while to get in sync with them, so there's
like snowball's chance in hell to get your hands on freshly
released distro the usual way (HTTP and/or FTP), but the exact
opposite goes for BitTorrent, where the availability inherently
increases (the more people are downloading the same thing, the
better for all of them)
* there's no need to verify downloaded images because the integral
part of how BitTorrent works is mandatory data integrity check
of every downloaded piece so once the download completes, data
integrity is guaranteed, so you don't risk canning valuable time
or media
* you're saving connection slots and bandwidth for those who don't
know any other way of downloading stuff than firing up their
browser and hitting a download button somewhere on the web page
* you're adding more weight to the point that one of the major use
cases for BitTorrent is spreading Free software, not computer
piracy, so any attempts to ban it mostly cripples just a bunch
of completely honest users
The only catch is to seed at least until your ratio reaches 1, which is
probably not a problem for anyone who takes his efforts to spread Free
software seriously.
> John,
> What store is this and where is it? Sounds fantastic that they are showing consumers the Third and Option.
It's Czech Computer, s.r.o. (similar to ", LLC") and as the name
suggests, they're based in .CZ (and they seem to also deal in .SK). It's
not like they're actively supporting anything other than Winblow$, but
at least there's some improvement over every single machine showing that
stupid piece of crap on screen (including Internet Exploiter).
I've got another idea of how to tip the balance just a little bit more:
anyone interested in helping to spread GNU/Linux should consider
learning to use BitTorrent downloads if possible. There are multiple
points to this:
* primary servers usually get hammered by anxious updaters and
mirrors take quite a while to get in sync with them, so there's
like snowball's chance in hell to get your hands on freshly
released distro the usual way (HTTP and/or FTP), but the exact
opposite goes for BitTorrent, where the availability inherently
increases (the more people are downloading the same thing, the
better for all of them)
* there's no need to verify downloaded images because the integral
part of how BitTorrent works is mandatory data integrity check
of every downloaded piece so once the download completes, data
integrity is guaranteed, so you don't risk canning valuable time
or media
* you're saving connection slots and bandwidth for those who don't
know any other way of downloading stuff than firing up their
browser and hitting a download button somewhere on the web page
* you're adding more weight to the point that one of the major use
cases for BitTorrent is spreading Free software, not computer
piracy, so any attempts to ban it mostly cripples just a bunch
of completely honest users
The only catch is to seed at least until your ratio reaches 1, which is
probably not a problem for anyone who takes his efforts to spread Free
software seriously.