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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    RE: [SLE] kde3.1 apt-getable?
From:       KMcLauchlan () chrysalis-its ! com
Date:       2003-01-29 21:23:28
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Bos [mailto:allabos@freeler.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:14 PM

> kde3 is now available for 8.1 as well. The component has been named 
> kde3-stable.
> 
> > By the way, recently I found apt-get became very slow, is 
> it because more
> > and more users converted to apt ?:)
> 
> Unfortenately not.  AFAIK it has to do with the bandwidth 
> that has been 
> reserved for non paying users.  Which has been brought down, 
> as you and me 
> notice.  That's the way it is.

Forgive my ignorance. Who is doing what, where, and 
what are they charging, and what are they charging *for*?

Also, what does "kde3-stable" mean?  It's not SuSE 
testing it, is it?  Who vouches for the "stable" 
claim?  How widely and thoroughly was the package 
tested?

(I hope the tone doesn't sound confrontational -- I just 
want an idea of what I'd be letting myself in for, versus 
waiting for KDE3.1 rpms to appear on SuSE.de.)

I used Ximian for about 8 months, and they 
had a pay-or-free arrangement with their RedCarpet 
updater. If you paid, you got access to full-speed 
servers. If you didn't pay, then you could still 
connect and download automatically, but the connection 
seemed to be a 56k modem on a 33.6k line... with dust 
on it.

/kevin


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