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    From Damian@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 25 16:10:02 2021
    Hello,
    I like things to be effective.
    It wouldn't be a bad idea to add a direct torrent download link on the main page under the normal download link.
    The CD/DVD torrent links are unnecessary because we live in 2021 and people
    can create bootable USB drives.

    I'm currently seeding about 30 distros to make a use of my fast internet.

    Consider it please.

    Best regards
    Damian Toczek

    <div dir="ltr">Hello,<div>I like things to be effective.</div><div>It wouldn&#39;t be a bad idea to add a direct torrent download link on the main page under the normal download link.</div><div>The CD/DVD torrent links are unnecessary because we live in
    2021 and people can create bootable USB drives.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m currently seeding about 30 distros to make a use of my fast internet.</div><div><br></div><div>Consider it please.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Damian
    Toczek</div></div>

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  • From Paul Wise@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 26 07:20:02 2021
    On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 2:08 PM Damian wrote:

    It wouldn't be a bad idea to add a direct torrent download link on the main page under the normal download link.

    I think the Debian website team has aimed for simplicity with their
    new design, which means downloading one file directly using the
    browser only and having the other download options available on a
    separate page.

    The CD/DVD torrent links are unnecessary because we live in 2021 and people can create bootable USB drives.

    The existing images are able to be written USB drives as well as
    CD/DVD/BD. I expect most folks installing Debian are already using USB
    drives rather than CD/DVD/BD.

    I'm currently seeding about 30 distros to make a use of my fast internet.

    Thanks for seeding. BTW, we have some torrent stats available here:

    http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/stat

    --
    bye,
    pabs

    https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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  • From Davide Prina@21:1/5 to Damian on Mon Apr 26 20:40:01 2021
    On 25/04/21 15:20, Damian wrote:

    The CD/DVD torrent links are unnecessary because we live in 2021 and people can create bootable USB drives.

    note that not all have a fast internet access and not all have PC
    connected to internet.

    This is true not only for poor people/countries, but also for other
    reasons, for example security in an air gap system[¹].

    Ciao
    Davide

    [¹]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)

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