Re: [school-discuss] Downloads: Provide FTP or HTTP?

[Shane Coyle <shane@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Opera 9 has built-in support for torrents, and just the other day I think 
linksys or dlink announced a router with an integrated bt client.  

Definitely provide a torrent, those who know will appreciate it - i am often 
disappointed when there is a largish file to download and no torrent link.  
Plus, I like to share bandwith and support projects I like.

Provide a torrent especially if you think your file may become popular - the 
more people downloading, the more people are sharing, bandwith scales with 
demand without knocking you off of the internet - it has happened to me 
twice, it hurts.  Buzz doesn't last long on the net, and not many folks will 
bookmark and return to a site that has been suspended or is unreachable.

On Friday 27 October 2006 11:47, Chris Gregan wrote:
> Les,
> Ask and thy shall receive! :-)
> http://moztorrent.mozdev.org/
>
> Cheers,
> Chris Gregan
> cgregan@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Les Richardson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you to all for your help!
> >
> > I will run up an FTP daemon and provide an ftp download. I will also
> > take a look at the bitTorrent approach (although it will likely have to
> > be embedded in a browser, in general before I would like to go to this
> > approach).
> >
> > Les R.
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Chris Gregan wrote:
> >> Les,
> >>
> >>     FTP is definitely a more efficient method for large file transfer,
> >> and browsers (Firefox) will manage the download even when the
> >> connection is dropped. However, be sure to set up the download area so
> >> you can just click a link and begin the download. If your audience is
> >> fearful or incapable of successfully using a torrent client, they will
> >> probably not want to spend much time drilling down through FTP
> >> directories to choose between various releases like src, i586, mdk,
> >> rpm, exe, etc.
> >>     I would suggest offering both, and talking up the advantages of
> >> torrent. They will eventually be using torrent anyway, might as well
> >> introduce them to it now. In the long run, it will also save you
> >> server bandwidth.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Chris Gregan
> >> cgregan@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Open Source Migration Specialist/Founder
> >> Aptenix LLC-Desktop Solutions
> >> New Market, MD
> >> (240)422-9224
> >>
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> >> Shane Coyle wrote:
> >>> Torrents are excellent, but a little more techy than many users will
> >>> be able to handle, so it depends on your audience - if a bittorrent
> >>> client isn't already installed, many users will not be inclined or
> >>> able to install one just to consume your content.
> >>>
> >>> I believe that as torrent support is built into browsers (and routers
> >>> even), it is THE way of the future for distribution, definitely begin
> >>> providing torrents for your content today.
> >>>
> >>> If you need FTP mirroring, try checking out Ibiblio for mirror
> >>> support: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/HOW.TO.SUBMIT.html  They
> >>> are a little hesitant to host distributions, preferring applications,
> >>> but they were super gracious to create a folder for my project and I
> >>> suspect that they may be able to help you too.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Shane
> >>>
> >>> On Friday 27 October 2006 01:46, lee rodgers wrote:
> >>>> Bittorrent.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tittorrent stripes or segments a file into sub-downloads. My guess
> >>>> is that
> >>>> even if your torrent isn't widely published a single file can be
> >>>> striped
> >>>> into many small CRC-checked segments (I believe I've downloaded from
> >>>> single-source torrents before, it worked fine).
> >>>>
> >>>> There are a couple of lightweight bittorrent clients ... uTorrent for
> >>>> Windows is one ( Azureus is a bit of a CPU hog & RAM monster ).
> >>>> http://www.utorrent.com
> >>>>
> >>>> /lee
> >>>>
> >>>> Les Richardson <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi All,
> >>>>
> >>>> When providing downloads for open source software, is FTP a better
> >>>> solution for those with slow, unreliable connections? (ie. from the
> >>>> land
> >>>> of far, far away...)
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm finding many attempts in my log files to download Open Admin and
> >>>> they
> >>>> only get part of the way through the file and fail and then try
> >>>> again (ie.
> >>>> 10+ tries to get the file).
> >>>>
> >>>> Many FTP clients allow folks to continue from a certain part of the
> >>>> file
> >>>> (ie. recover), correct? (Sorry, I haven't done this stuff for quite a
> >>>> while... the Z-modem, telix era)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Les Richardson
> >>>> Open Admin for Schools
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ======
> >>>> /lee
> >>>> +-----------------------------------+
> >>>>
> >>>> | This concludes our broadcast day    |
> >>>>
> >>>> +-----------------------------------+

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