Downloading Ubuntu 9.04 via Bit Torrent

Posted on April 27, 2009 | Category: Jaunty Jackalope

Having just got my Samsung Multifunction running under Ubuntu 8.10, I thought I’d leave 9.04 for a
while, but then I made the mistake of reading Tombuntu’s Ubuntu 9.04 Released. When I started using Ubuntu a few years ago, I had a hard time getting started and I suppose blamed the downloaded .iso. As a result I’ve tended to buy a few CDs for each version, partly for convenience, but also to help the Ubuntu foodchain, as it were. I was going to do the same this time around, keeping a few spare to give to any friend who might want to try Ubuntu, but the sites I previously bought cds from are gone, even if they are listed on the Ubuntu download page. In fact I can’t find any English-language vendor of Ubuntu CDs in Europe.
So I thought I’d leave it be for a while, but then I read this line.

If you need a CD, be sure to use the Bit Torrent downloads.

So I clicked on ubuntu-8.04.2-desktop-i386.iso.torren and up pops Transmission and it’s downloading as I write. I’ve no idea when I’ll have time to install it, though. Some time over the summer perhaps. 8.10 has been so rock-solid I’m reluctant to give it up, truth be told.