For free? well, that would be great.
Actually I don't think shipping to Italy->Venice would be absolutely free.
And honestly I don't even believe in people that says "for free" ;-)
"Jerry McBride" <mcbrides9@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>> pedlo wrote:
>>> Hi NG,
>>>
>>> Since I don't have a fast internet connection, I wonder:
>>> Is there a way to use a Gentoo-based distro like Sabayon as a repository
>>> for ebuilds?
>>> Or, is it possible to download the ebuilds in a DVD and use it as a
>>> repo?
>>
>> The ebuilds you can download as a single file, around 34000KB nowadays,
>> and it's updated daily
>>
>> ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/sn...latest.tar.bz2
>>
>>
>> > (Hey, this is amazing: developers try to optimize their sources to
>> > spare every single bit to run the program even on a 386, and then the
>> > 386 is supposed to have a T1 connection to get the package)
>>
>> If you think there is all too much downloading with Gentoo, then you may
>> have picked the wrong distro, you should in that case gone with one
>> providing you with binary packages instead of a meta-distro.
>>
>>
>>
>> //Aho
>
> Binaries are available... browse gentoo.org and track them down... If you
> can't burn a live gentoo dvd, I'll happily send you one FREE. Email me if
> you need one. mcbrides9@comcast.net
>
> NOW... THAT,S LINUX ADVOCACY.
>
> --
>
> Jerry McBride