[ILUG] To ubuntu or not to ubuntu

[Daniel Goldsmith]

On 2/7/07, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:

> I should say that I have always thought of Ubuntu
> as a rather nerd-ish distribution.
> I'm not prejudiced, but ... in my experience
> most people running Ubuntu drink too much,
> need a haircut and have bizarre political views.

Eh? talk about your ad hominem attacks...

> and in both cases the download ended with the apparent error:
> ======================
> Setting up f-prot-installer (0.5.21) ...
> installing f-prot
> Downloading file fp-linux-ws.tar.gz.md5 from ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/linux/
> No such directory `pub/linux/'.
>
>     Download failed. Please make sure that
>     your computer is connected to the Internet.
>     If you see this error although you are
>     connected, either the server is down or the
>     download location has changed. In the latter
>     case you can still download the files manually.
>     Please file a bug report against
>     f-prot-installer!

> Is this just added as a hurdle for Ubuntu newbies,
> to see if they have attained a high enough level of geekdom?

No, it isn't. the problem is that f-prot.com have closed their ftp
site, thus rendering all package managers which relied on that access
'broken' in this regard.

this has already been reported as a bug in Ubuntu[1] and in Debian[2]

If you check the f-prot site, you'll find a README[2] which will
redirect you to their new & improved (for which read pointless and
silly) download system.

Regards,

Daniel.

[1] http://url.ie/2uz
[2] http://url.ie/2v0
[3] ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/README.txt