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slvadcjelli42:
Why not use Mozilla to download the ISO's? I've done that with every single one so far (a lot) and never had a problem...
raptor:
ya. mozilla is engineered better. it is faster. and more secure than IE (which apparently steals technology) and it has a download manager so you can pause your downloads!
they need to have a folder to cache the already downloaded bytes of data so if you have to restart for no apparent reason or just got done installing something, you can go back and resume your download without having to go through the dreadful process of redownloading!
[ August 18, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]
Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by raptor:
ya. mozilla is engineered better. it is faster. and more secure than IE (which apparently steals technology) and it has a download manager so you can pause your downloads!
they need to have a folder to cache the already downloaded bytes of data so if you have to restart for no apparent reason or just got done installing something, you can go back and resume your download without having to go through the dreadful process of redownloading!
[ August 18, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]
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it does go into a file, do you really think that mozilla would put a 700mb download into ram?
bigsleep:
quote:Originally posted by Dirk Gently:
Why not use Mozilla to download the ISO's? I've done that with every single one so far (a lot) and never had a problem...
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Two problems: the resume, as far as I know, doesn't yet work, so if the download stops you're stuck redownloading the whole thing - but, I have managed to resume: don't close the download window and make sure you overwrite the old file (probably only works for files smaller than your cache size).
And: If the server sends out the wrong mime-type (many do), then Mozilla may download binary as text, since text is the default. I would imagine that any site offering Linux would be smart enough to configure their server correctly.
There are several download managers that work with Mozilla: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org
bigsleep:
quote:Originally posted by Stryker:
it does go into a file, do you really think that mozilla would put a 700mb download into ram?
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I think he means that it needs a different download cache, as it is it uses the main cache.
I would prefer it just use the temp directory for downloads.
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