Well, if you're installing most distros, you have to download for several hours, and that's on broadband. From what I've heard, people with dialup and in 3rd-world countries often take days to download Linux.
> Oh, wait... Shooting upskirt photos isn't forbidden under Asimov's laws, it it?
Well, it couldn't hurt the woman while doing it(1st law), and if she said no then it wouldn't happen(2nd law).
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Somebody already said send them porn. And what if the aliens are disgusted at our sex acts?
Well, if you're installing most distros, you have to download for several hours, and that's on broadband. From what I've heard, people with dialup and in 3rd-world countries often take days to download Linux.
> Oh, wait... Shooting upskirt photos isn't forbidden under Asimov's laws, it it? Well, it couldn't hurt the woman while doing it(1st law), and if she said no then it wouldn't happen(2nd law).
That's what --usepkg is for. :P
But seriously, a full Gentoo install usually takes only a few days on good hardware
[root@bluegene root]# rm -rf / --A few seconds later, a call from a client-- Why did my task just suddenly completely screw up?