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i want to downlaod one of these distrobutions. suse, redhat or mandrake. and i want it to be an image that can be burned to a cd. sorry i dont want to complie anything.
however all the sites i have tried have been horrible as far as downloads. useing a T line gives me fast downlaods on even bogged down ftp sites. however i can never get a decent speed from any of them or the mirrors.

so does anyone know of highspeed fpt sites that have the newest versions of those linux brands. Also no sites i have to pay anything for

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Slow ISO downloads are usually a mirror- or server-side problem rather than a local one. described the symptom well; different mirrors behave very differently (as and observed). The fastest practical options are: use the distribution's BitTorrent when available, pick an official mirror geographically near the download location, or use a multi-connection downloader to parallelize a single HTTP/FTP transfer.

When a torrent isn't available, tools that open multiple connections can help (some mirrors allow it, some will block it). Example parallel downloader usage:

aria2c -x 16 -s 16 distro.iso

If parallel downloads fail, switch protocols (HTTP vs FTP) or a different mirror. Net-install or "mini" images are much smaller and will download packages during install, which helps when only the full CD images are too large.

Always verify any ISO before burning or installing. Check cryptographic checksums and signatures:

sha256sum distro.iso
gpg --verify distro.iso.sig distro.iso

If a checksum or signature fails, discard the file and fetch from a different mirror or via torrent; a bad checksum usually indicates corruption or tampering.

For creating a usable CD/DVD image, use the "burn image" or "write ISO" option in a burning program—do not copy files to the disc as a data session. Test the disc in a virtual machine or a live session (Knoppix was suggested earlier by ) before committing to a full install. Note that Gentoo (as hinted) is source-based and involves compiling; not ideal if the goal is "no compilation."

If poor speeds persist despite trying different mirrors and methods, check local network causes (router duplex/mismatch, NAT/firewall blocking active FTP), try a different machine/ISP, or schedule downloads for off-peak hours. Ordering vendor media or paid support is a last resort for extremely limited connections.

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Redhat 9 : mite not work right away but keep trying

Mandrake 9.1 : list of mirros

I couldnt find SUSE 8.2 as an iso but if you really want suse 8.2 i can maybe some how get you a copy cause i have them on cd

Linux is free so you dont have to worry about paying, the only thing is if you dont pay for it then you dont get the support but thats what the forum is for.

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i want to download one of these distributions. suse, redhat or mandrake. and i want it to be an image that can be burned to a cd. sorry i dont want to complie anything. however all the sites i have tried have been horrible as far as downloads. using a T line gives me fast downloads on even bogged down ftp sites. however i can never get a decent speed from any of them or the mirrors.

so does anyone know of highspeed ftp sites that have the newest versions of those linux brands. Also no sites i have to pay anything for

The slow downloads are deliberate, to frustrate you into the paid versions. Why not try Debian? It's a free distribution, free support, and with apt-get is easier to upgrade than the others. I installed mine from the Knoppix CD, but there is also a 'net installer.

Nothing against Red Hat, SuSE, or Mandrake, but if you want "free-as-in-free-beer", Debian is the way to go. I paid $80 for SuSE 8.0 Professional, but dropped it for a Knoppix-installed Debian. Knoppix has several high-bandwidth download sites.

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gentoo is the only way to go ;P

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the redhat mirror hiwaay or something like that i can get over 900KBps from it. is also around that speed.

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