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Wow. Really?

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Wow. Really?

#1 Post by fsmithred »

Can you at least pin it for a few days before letting it sink into oblivion?

Thanks.

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#2 Post by dasein »

Wholeheartedly agreed.

For those who find themselves unsure about what "it" is: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=133246

Keeping this thread alive is a less-than-ideal alternative, but hey, it's something.

(See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect)

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#3 Post by HuangLao »

As a Slacker that also likes Debian I also think this announcement should be pinned, stuck/stick whatever. Did the OP get thrashed?

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#4 Post by golinux »

HuangLao wrote:As a Slacker that also likes Debian I also think this announcement should be pinned, stuck/stick whatever. Did the OP get thrashed?
You can find it at: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=133246
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#5 Post by ruffwoof »

Quaint. Nice to see some retro being kept alive. What with the Nokia 3310 and Beckham's Mullett hairstyle seems like 2017 is becoming a year of retro.

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#6 Post by Roel63 »

Agreed. A few days pinning wouldn't do any harm, right?

That is, I assume that the first Ubuntu release got the same attention and approval and pinning time on this forum.

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#7 Post by deborah-and-ian »

Great work! I'm going to help by seeding the torrent.
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#8 Post by pcalvert »

fsmithred wrote:Can you at least pin it for a few days before letting it sink into oblivion?
What would be even better is to put a link to it in your forum signature.
;)

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#9 Post by golinux »

pcalvert wrote:
fsmithred wrote:Can you at least pin it for a few days before letting it sink into oblivion?
What would be even better is to put a link to it in your forum signature.
;)

Phil
Why didn't I think of that! My sig now points to the announcement!!

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#10 Post by GarryRicketson »

I was going to comment that I didn't think it would sink into "oblivion" all that fast,
There really are not that many new topics started here.
fsmithred wrote:
Can you at least pin it for a few days before letting it sink into oblivion?
But any way, I notice it got stickied, or "pinned".
Wow, Yes, Really it did, and thank you.



The oldest post on the first page of the "Off topic" board, the one at the bottom,
took 2 months to get to the bottom.
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#11 Post by No_windows »

I usually read the forum by clicking on the "view unread posts" so pinning doesn't help me, but I'm not complaining. I read it earlier :D

I was going to download it, but saw that it's 17gigs via torrent. I think I'm going to see what I can find on the mirrors.

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#12 Post by golinux »

No_windows wrote:I was going to download it, but saw that it's 17gigs via torrent. I think I'm going to see what I can find on the mirrors.
I think there is an option to only download what you need from the torrent. But a mirror works too . . .
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#13 Post by deborah-and-ian »

Yeah, most Torrent programmes will just automatically start every magnet link or torrent file without previously showing you what's in it.
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#14 Post by alan stone »

deborah-and-ian wrote:Yeah, most Torrent programmes will just automatically start every magnet link or torrent file without previously showing you what's in it.
Here's a list of torrent clients enabling "selective downloads".

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#15 Post by dasein »

I must be reading wrong.... 17GB???

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#16 Post by golinux »

dasein wrote:I must be reading wrong.... 17GB???
No you're not. Basic mirror requires @20 gb. Have you never visited the available options?
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#17 Post by No_windows »

dasein wrote:I must be reading wrong.... 17GB???
Yes, 17gb...... I'm thinking that must have been everything. I ended up downloading the netinstall directly from one of the mirrors, instead.

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#18 Post by phenest »

The 17GB includes all the different architectures. The AMD64 Live is less than < 900MB.
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#19 Post by ruffwoof »

Does Devuan Jessie support

apt-get update;apt-get install systemd-sysv

upgrade? :)

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#20 Post by golinux »

ruffwoof wrote:Does Devuan Jessie support

apt-get update;apt-get install systemd-sysv

upgrade? :)
Why on earth would Devuan want to do that?!
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