Weezaalinux Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 walk in and put the cash down, walk out with the linux distro in a packet. any clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_in_space Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 u gotta change ur mindset with linux. download it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingching Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-BKK Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chokdeekrap Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezaalinux Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 (edited) I chose knoppix over ubuntu 6.10 mainly on the stength of it gprs connection ability. Edited June 1, 2007 by Weezaalinux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezaalinux Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) 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. Edited June 5, 2007 by Weezaalinux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezaalinux Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 aria2c -d /home/Desktop --metalink-file=/home/Desktop/ubuntu-7_04-i386_iso.metalinkwill 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkels Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackula Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 NecTec has some distros available from ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/, I'm getting ready to take an old box and learn some BSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-BKK Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 The official download website for Thailand, supported by Nectec is http://www.mirror.in.th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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