Re: [GD-Linux] ANN: Candy Cruncher for Linux shipped

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

"Ryan C. Gordon" wrote:
> 
> > Better options for distrobution of such a small package would be RPMs (and
> > debs).
> 
> RPMs make the game unaccessible (without annoyance) to Slackware, BSD,
> and Debian users. An RPM for RedHat may cause problems for Mandrake and
> SuSE users. DEBs make it unaccessable everywhere but Debian.
> 
> This solution works everywhere.

Well - so would a simple tarball.

> > Some people are still on a system that limits the total amount of data they
> > can download (many Universities, for example, have IP quotas)...
> 
> ...but if it was a ten meg game with a one meg installer, it would be
> alright, apparently.
> 
> In a world plagued with porn sites, spam, and Morpheus, are Universities
> REALLY busting people's balls over a 3.8 megabyte download?

I doubt it - but if you have a 56Kb modem that actually runs at 19.2Kb (as
mine did before I got DSL) - and especially if you live somewhere where you
pay per byte downloaded (eg Germany - UK (no free local calls) - etc) - then
an extra 1Mb adds about 10 minutes to the download time and actually costs
who-knows-what money.
 
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