I am resisting BitTorrent for two reasons - first, most mirrors offer FTP, HTTP and RSYNC. I would like to use one of these methods as they are obviously preferred mechanisms. I have 6 Mbps DSL - I can frequently far exceed the 400 KB you mention below. Secondly however, BitTorrent is file sharing software, which means that my machine will end up serving data to others. That sucks Internet bandwidth and CPU, and I am a real fan of tightly controlling what happens on my machine in order to maximize performance. Finally of course, there is the FUD factor - file sharing software in the Windows world is a NOTORIOUS source of viruses, worms etc. I am not dipping my toes in that water unless I really need to. I would rather order the Knoppix DVD from a store than take that risk... yes, I know that Linux is pretty safe in this regard, but not doing it at all is even safer!

rsync syntax anybody? With all those mirrors offering it, I am sure folks know how to use it!!