Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to download?

On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 20:00 -0400, Don Myers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Question.? When I am in the download section of LibreOffice, 
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/  , how do I find the options of 
> where to download it from. I'm missing something somewhere.

What you don't know the secret handshake ;)

On the download page, the green download button, click on the link,
lower right hand, "Info".

This will give you a page with, amongst other items, direct links to the
mirrors, those in your region listed first.

//drew

> Thank you.
>
> don
>
> On 04/13/2012 07:40 PM, drew jensen wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 19:10 -0400, drew jensen wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 18:05 -0400, Darren Govoni wrote:
> > > > That's it. But the rate from that site is like 62k per second for me.
> > > > I'm near Washington, DC. This is the speed coming from the server.
> > > >
> > > > Are there mirrors I can choose from, closer to me or not throttled?
> > > > I couldn't find any download mirrors.
> > > WOW - me too-  I'm in Maryland, the download usually takes is less the 5
> > > minutes, now reporting 57 minutes...something isn't right.
> > >
> > > Sent this to the website ML also - where folks might be able to help.
> > Ok - it is a particular mirror which is being slow:
> > http://ibiblio.org
> >
> > Pick any of the others in the US and the download speed goes right back
> > to normal.
> >
> > //drew
> >
> > > //drew
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 14:45 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > > > > Am 13.04.2012 03:14, Darren Govoni wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >     I've been trying to download the latest LibreOffice. No luck.
> > > > > > It gets about 5%. Its slow then gets "interrupted" and stops. The
> > > > > > torrent does not work. It stays at 0%. Never seen this from a download
> > > > > > site before.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a mirror list?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tested my connection speed. Its fast.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thanks.
> > > > > Where do you try to download from? Should be
> > > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ and nothing else. The [Info] link
> > > > > leads to alternative locations (torrents and mirrors).
>
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