AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGH.

WHAT am I doing WRONG when I'm directed to sourceforge.net to download
programs?

Invariably, I find the sourceforge link to the program; click on that;
get a list of mirrors; click on a mirror -- doesn't matter which one;
and wind up at the home page of the mirror.

I don't know how many times I've given up at that point trying to find
the software -- I do a search (program name or downloadable file) and
find nothing. Go to the mirrored software lists, and reach get an
unsorted list of files on an ftp server -- none of which bear
even a remote resemblance to the name of the download I'm looking for.

Is there a masonic handshake involved that nobody's told me about?

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Cheers,
Harvey

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In article <Xns9469D8A205F5Ewhhvans@62.253.162.114>, Harvey Van Sickle
says...

Don't click the Logo of ther mirror, but the Link in the Download column.
--
Stefan

Or - even more! - be patient and auto-download will start. It takes some
time and i agree that this waiting time may be annoying

Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9469D8A205F5Ewhhvans@62.253.162.114:

No, it's the secret handshake of the Linux head. Make everything as hard to
understand as possible, bury things seven or eight levels deep in the
directory, pile sub-directories upon sub-directories, and you now know
Linux-speak.

On 08 Jan 2004, Stefan Ascher wrote

Ah: that's what I was doing wrong. (It's probably intuitive for most
people, but it wasn't for me; I assumed when it said "Select a Mirror"
that one was supposed to click on one of the mirrors, and that the
download column just let you know the size of the download file...)

Many thanks (live and learn; it may save a bit of future carpet-
chewing...)

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Cheers,
Harvey

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mercoledì 07/gen/2004 _Harvey Van Sickle_ ha scritto:

I've been wondering the same many times, although for a different cause:
with some servers IE6 jumps to a 98% CPU usage and freezes, while it
doesn't with others. Every time I feel like in those games where if you
open the wrong door you're dead!
--
Maria Luisa C - 08/01/2004 13.19.08, here.
http://fido.altervista.org/

MLC wrote:
I've had that same experience. Now, if I want to download anything through
Sourceforge I visit the site using Mozilla. Seems to work better with the
Sourceforge site.

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Ben Cooper
historybot@hotmail.com

Ben Cooper <historybot@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:_XdLb.5$IE5.14836@news.uswest.net...
<snip>

I've never had a problem with either IE (5.x, can't stand 6.x) or the
browser I use now (Avant).

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)

MLC wrote:
Use a download manager such as Download Express - just pause and restart at
the 98% stopover point.
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/default.asp

Regards
T

Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:Xns946A700A6F4B2whhvans@62.253.162.114:

Me neither, I did exactly the same thing, but finally cracked it. (All that
time in the maze pays off eventually...

favourites for a place, buy cars from old ladies, strike for a 40 percent
pay rise.....

mike r

mike ring <mike.ring@MICHAELbtinternet.com> wrote in
news:Xns946ACAC106C3Amikeringbtinternetco@217.32.2 52.50:

....trying yet another linux disstro like I am...

Harvey Van Sickle wrote:

bottom right nad it will automatically use that mirror for you every time.

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On 10 Jan 2004, Brian Pipa wrote

-snip

Thanks; that's a useful tip to know.

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Cheers,
Harvey

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Chris Lee <clee2@envirolink.org> wrote in
news:4005863b$0$6759$61fed72c@news.rcn.com:

the host column, but instead on the file in the DOWNLOAD column.