Re: [libreoffice-users] Has anyone used RapidShare for sharing ISO files?

Hi
On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 20:02 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:

> On 07/09/2011 06:11 PM, planas wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 14:40 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
> > Productions wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone used RapidShare for sharing ISO files?
> >      Never used, what about SourceForge or LO main site?
> SourceForge has file size limits that will not allow for DVD size 
> files.  I have tried them and that is how I know this.
>
> The issue with the main LO site is "how do I get the .iso file there"?  
> The only way I know is to give FTP access to my files and they download 
> ALL of the files in ALL of the folders THEN they create the ISO file[s] 
> and place them on their servers.  It has been months since I have heard 
> anything about having the ISOs on the LO site, since just before the CMS 
> system was offered.  Right now, the CMS version of the NA DVD is being 
> rebuilt and it will be only one line [so far] 3.3.x.  The current 
> version of the NA DVDs at the LibreOffice-NA.US testing portal has 3.3.3 
> Windows and Windows-Linux-Mac install versions with the same for the 
> 3.4.1 installs.  That makes 4 DVDs that could be available for download 
> and burning.
>
> I have kept that testing portal as up-to-date as I can.  Right now, with 
> my broadband access, my upload speed takes about 7 hours or more to 
> upload a full set of Windows, Linux [.deb and .rpm], and Mac [PPC and 
> Intel], installs to the portal.  The CMS server system will be great, 
> when the pages are online and fully edited to the point that the 
> LibreOffice-NA.US portal DVD pages are.  The 3.3.3 pages on that CMS 
> system should be ready by the end of August, and hopefully before then.  
> But, after the W-L-M version for 3.3.x installs is ready, then there 
> will need to be one for the 3.4.x line and the Windows-only versions for 
> those who do not want to download a DVD .iso file has the other OSs and 
> is about twice the file size.  3.3.3 installs - Windows-only is about 
> 1.9 GB in size, while Windows-Linux-Mac is about 3.9 GB in size.  
> Windows-only users would rather not download the extra 2 GB of file 
> size, or at least I would not if I had the option not to.

   I was not aware of the size issues.

> > > I was thinking that seems the only place that may allow these large
> > > files to have a home for sharing.
> > >
> > > I want to have a place that could be a home for the LibreOffice DVD ISO
> > > files so they can be shared with others who can download and burn DVDs.
> > >
> > > My hosting company will not allow files larger than 700+ MB and the two
> > > DVD versions [3.3.3 and 3.4.1] of LibreOffice are over 3.4 GB in size.
> > > The account has not issues of having 100 GB of executable files online
> > > but if I have any ISO files, then they say that I am a repository and it
> > > is not allowed.
> > >
> > > My email account[s] is limited to under 500 MB file size even though I
> > > have one that has a 1 GB inbox/outbox size.  So I have problems with
> > > getting these files to anyone.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions on low-cost or free places to share
> > > these LibreOffice ISO files?



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Jay Lozier
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