On 01/19/2011 05:59 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 18:01 +0000, g wrote:
> torrent download, which is self checking.
Only against changes to the content of the file being downloaded (that
what> you started to download, is the same as what the uploader provided).
You need to *separately* check the file against another source, to be sure
that you've downloaded a copy of the original, not something that's been
tampered with.
thank you for clarification. my misunderstanding was from what i had
read on this list in past year or so.
I don't download ISOs and install very often.
i have had that same good fortune. up to now anyway, with upgrading
from fc8 thru to f12.
i missed updating f12 and eol hit before i could update.
i decided to skip f13 and when i looked for f14 and checksum files, they
were no where to be found. tho i am sure they are around somewhere.
So every time I do this, I have to look up instructions, and hunt
around
for them and the right checksum file.
it would be nice if fedora site was setup so that everything, releases,
iso files, software packages, new and archives, where accessible via
a better, single, ftp layout. but then, it is difficult to *prettify* an
ftp page, so why should they spend the time.
"http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/" is pretty much 'straight
forward'.
so why can same not be done for *new*?
even better, set up an "ftp://fedoraproject.org/pub/"
I agree with the original poster that, from time to time, the
website
does suck.
from wrong end too.
I've seen the website being well written, then later changes have
made it
hideous to use. It keeps on changing. The website authors seem more
interested in how it looks, rather than what it says.
i agree 100%. changes to site pages are worse than kde changes. :)
they do not understand that there is no "for" in "kiss".
--
peace out.
tc.hago,
g
.
****
in a free world without fences, who needs gates.
**
help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today.
**
to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it.
to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it.
**
learn linux:
'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition'
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html
'The Linux Documentation Project'
http://www.tldp.org/
'LDP HOWTO-index'
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html
'HowtoForge'
http://howtoforge.com/
****