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Fink

November 24th, 2003 · No Comments

The Fink Project puts a Debian package system on Mac OS X, allowing OS X users to install all kinds of Unix software easily. It makes life good.

The project needs more mirrors. There isn’t one in Asia. I benefit from the project, so I am tempted.

However, I only have a shared wimpy server, with limited bandwidth. The lowest class of mirror is the Rsync mirror, with an estimated 50-100KB/s sustained rate, which is a good 1/6 chunk of the thru-put of our shared server. This is likely to be a substantial drag on our limited resources.

I may come into possession of an old-ish P-III Dell BookPC-type computer shortly. It could do well in the coop rack.

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