One of my duties at Apress is to commission books on Linux. I also author Linux books myself. My job involves keeping a close eye on the whole Linux distro scene. This in turn involves downloading many ISO images so I can install and evaluate various Linux distros.
Playing around with Linux all day isn’t a bad job to have but it’s hampered by the fact I have the world’s slowest DSL connection. OK, I exaggerate. At 512Kbps it’s one of the slowest broadband connections available where I live. This is because of my distance from the nearest telephone switch.
60KB/sec makes downloading ISOs tricky. CD ISOs usually arrive intact, free of corruption. With DVD ISOs I have a roughly 50/50 hit/miss rate. And, frankly, I’ve had enough.
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