walk in and put the cash down, walk out with the linux distro in a packet.

any clues?

u gotta change ur mindset with linux.

download it for free.

u gotta change ur mindset with linux.

download it for free.

Agreed, and will get the latest version. However, if you don't have a means to download (slow speeds) then need to know where you are to point you to the right shops.

u gotta change ur mindset with linux.

download it for free.

Agreed, and will get the latest version. However, if you don't have a means to download (slow speeds) then need to know where you are to point you to the right shops.

I'd be interested in Bangkok. I've lost count of the problems I have with downloads.

Regards

I'm over 7 years here, and i still have to find the first official cd/dvd's from linux.. You have no choice, downloading is the way to go.

I could provide you the slackware version 11... but then again, that's not a "mainstream" version here.

good luck

I could provide you the slackware version 11... but then again, that's not a "mainstream" version here.

That's also my distribution of choice. The OP hasn't mentioned which distribution he is interested in. I have Slackware, Ubuntu, Suse but all downloaded and burned.

I could provide you the slackware version 11... but then again, that's not a "mainstream" version here.

That's also my distribution of choice. The OP hasn't mentioned which distribution he is interested in. I have Slackware, Ubuntu, Suse but all downloaded and burned.

Personally I'd be interested in Ubuntu as a starting point. I've also heard tales where burned iso's are more problematic then pressed disks.

Regards

Personally I'd be interested in Ubuntu as a starting point. I've also heard tales where burned iso's are more problematic then pressed disks.

Regards

Can't count the number of iso's I've burned, never had a problem with any of them. All my linuxes, XP slipstreams, etc. CDs are burned from iso's but of course depends on the quality of the CD/DVD disks and burner hardware/software.

I got my CD of Ubuntu from the Ubuntu site. They mail it to you AND THEY pay the postage. FROM DENMARK. It took about a month to get here.

I got my CD of Ubuntu from the Ubuntu site. They mail it to you AND THEY pay the postage. FROM DENMARK. It took about a month to get here.

Forgot about that. Here's the link > https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

I have a few Ubuntu 7.04 CD's for 32 bits and 64 bits....An I can ask friends in the Netherlands to send more....

I'd be interested in Bangkok. I've lost count of the problems I have with downloads.

i always got my fedora releases from the CD shop just outside of tokyu @ MBK in the mobile phone dept... go out of tokyu & stay left & u will c movie/software shops. one of the first ones always had the latest versions of fedora which i always preferred b/c they included way more on their distro than ubuntu's live distro.

i think with fedora's next release 7, which is gonna be a live cd there won't be as many packages available on the dvd as was available in previous releases because more emphasis will be put on online package installs.

GL

I chose knoppix over ubuntu 6.10 mainly on the stength of it gprs connection ability.

seems there is interest in a "linux distro swap club" for those with the venue and social motivation.

can suggest one venue with ample mulit power points and free wifi (20 baht initial plugin fee) in banglampoo in a small soi parralel to Tano road, first left off soi post office then about 100 meters down.

but there is another way:

aria2 is a multi connection and multi-mode download method for linux:

http://aria2.sourceforge.net/

if your package list is uptodate:

apt-get install aria2

then you get the meta file of your choice from:

http://download.packages.ro/metalink/

for ubuntu.iso it is at

http://download.packages.ro/metalink/ubuntu/

save the metafile to your desktop

and then

aria2c -d /home/Desktop --metalink-file=/home/Desktop/ubuntu-7_04-i386_iso.metalink

will download the ubunti.iso to your desktop (edit the url and _iso.metalink sections to be appropriate.)

man aria2c

for more options

currently as i write this, am getting up to 210KB/sec on 15 connections using a knoppix5.1 live disk at an internet cafe to do the download of ubuntu 7.04. should be downloaded in just over an hour.

http://download.packages.ro/metalink/

has metafiles for also: archlinux,centos,edubuntu,fedora,kernel,kubuntu,openoffice,opensuse as well as ubuntu.

aria2c -d /home/Desktop --metalink-file=/home/Desktop/ubuntu-7_04-i386_iso.metalink

will download the ubunti.iso to your desktop (edit the url and _iso.metalink sections to be appropriate.)

you might want to add the embeded checksum to that code

aria2c -d /home/knoppix/Desktop -c --realtime-chunk-checksum=true --metalink-file=/home/knoppix/Desktop/ubuntu-7_04-i386_iso.metalink

just to be sure .

Amazing helping community!

Even if Linux would suck, I would still use it for the bonds it shapes among users. Something impossible in a M$ world.

:D

Amazing helping community!

Even if Linux would suck, I would still use it for the bonds it shapes among users. Something impossible in a M$ world.

:D

Linux doesn't suck.....

I am not an Ubuntu/Kubuntu lover.

I use PCLinuxOS, which is in my opinion much easier than Kubuntu.

Not per-se better.....

There are Thai mirrors with the latest.

The mirrors downloaded very fast from where I am ( Phathumthani - Rangsit )

Here are the links

http://www.pclinuxclub.com/

http://mirror.pclinuxclub.com/

http://wiki.pclinuxclub.com/

BTW: it's in Thai

The English one is here

http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php

NecTec has some distros available from ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/, I'm getting ready to take an old box and learn some BSD.

The official download website for Thailand, supported by Nectec is http://www.mirror.in.th

u gotta change ur mindset with linux.

download it for free.

Agreed, and will get the latest version. However, if you don't have a means to download (slow speeds) then need to know where you are to point you to the right shops.

I'd be interested in Bangkok. I've lost count of the problems I have with downloads.

Regards

I have found that the use of Star downloader not only makes download faster, but will resume broken downloads and you can pause it to do other things then resume. It keeps track of mirror sites and the ones that work best. I have 14 ISO's of LINUX which I am tring out having burned them to CD's. Most run live in the ram from the CD, but some are full packages. no need to install until you decide which you like.