[tex-live] So far.....expensive failure

Alan T Litchfield alan at alphabyte.co.nz
Thu Feb 14 02:18:29 CET 2013



On 14/02/13 2:07 PM, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> "AER" == Axel E Retif <axel.retif at mac.com>
>
>      AER> (c) for people who need to install in several machines.
>
> The entire tlnet tree is only 2.1 GB; put it on a server or a USB
> key and you'd have a much faster install, even for multiple
> machines.
>
>     Claire

(e) For people who suffer bandwidth limitations and low data caps.

[a 2.1Gb installation over the net may take a verrry long time for some 
people who do not have the luxury of a fast connection].

(f) For people who like to archive older versions of TL, for example to 
(re)install onto obsolete OS's or hardware.

Alan
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