[PLUG] Burning a CD from a PUCC Computer

Imad magius@purdue.edu
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:52:23 -0500


On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Brent Meshier wrote:

> I just burned Mandrake 8 from csociety-ftp last night over in SC.  I'd
> recommend Math B10 since their connection seems faster, unless your not in a
> hurry.  I had two computers going in SC, each downloading at 450k/sec.  In
> Math B10 I've gotten over 900k/sec from two machines at once (perhaps the
> Math B10 lab is switched, where as SC is only on a hub?)

Mandrake 8.1 RC 1 is out -- despite some installation problems, I was
able to get it up and running. For the very first time, my wireless
ethernet card's working in Linux! I'm typing this in on a GNU/Linux box!
Woo-hoo!

Ahem. I've also noticed some major speed differences around campus. BTW,
Easy CD Creator is installed on the PCs with CD burners, but it works
fine with ISO images.

Did I mention 8.1 rocks? It's soooo much better than 8.0 (which, in my
book, didn't match 7.1/7.2), although it lacks XWPE (a quick download in
any case).

Best,

--Imad "(e)magius" Hussain

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