[Live-demo] Fw: Torrent tracker

[Hamish]

> From: Markus Neteler
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Suggestions sought!
> To: "Hamish"
> Cc: "GRASS user list"
> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 6:02 AM
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Hamish wrote:
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
> > https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/
> > http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/
> >
> > there is no torrent tracker yet set up for the DVD images,
> > but if anyone has experience on how to set up that sort of
> > thing please introduce yourself on the live-demo mailing
> > list.
...
> On Dec 15, 2010 Markus wrote:
> We got his offer from ibiblio.org (pls forward to the
> live-demo mailing list.):
> 
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:55 PM, John Reuning <john at ibiblio.org>
> wrote:
> ...
> > I also wanted to open a dialog about using BitTorrent for
> > distribution.  ibiblio has a torrent site that we use for
> > other projects.  http://torrent.ibiblio.org/  One of
> > our goals for the next several months is to add more
> > projects.  The grass software and gis sample data sets look
> > like great candidates.  We have search/browse as well as
> > seeding software designed for server use.  The torrents
> > should never go stale as long as you intend to distribute
> > the content.
> >
> > If you're interested, we'll make the files available and
> > provide you links for your web pages.  In future updates to
> > the web site, we plan to add self-service tools for you to
> > take control over your content.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -John R.
> 
> cheers
> Markus


Yes, that sounds very useful!
Our DVD ISO-image downloads are here:
  http://live.osgeo.org/download.html


(for those of you in the game long enough to remember the old
days, Ibiblio is the former & most famous Sunsite FTP repo,
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiblio )


regards,
Hamish