I just asked in Tilaa's freenode channel (tilaa.com) if they do any
sponsoring but they don't, but at the same time I got a response from
another Tilaa user that DigitalOcean sponsors an inoffical mirror och
GNU Octave at [1]. I haven't followed up on this suggestion so if
anyone else wants to ask DigitalOcean feel free to do so.

On the other hand Tilaa don't have any set limitation on bandwidth
usage but a clause in the terms of usage that they can limit it if its
way too big so if paying for a VPS is enough for them to allow it to
act as Inkscape mirror. It might be worth going forward with, but some
more specific numbers on traffic would be needed when initiating a
conversation with Tilaa.

[1] http://mxeoctave.osuv.de/
--
Christoffer Holmstedt

2014-11-29 11:32 GMT+01:00 Brynn <brynn@...3133...>:
> Just a quick note from someone from a "less tech-savvy groups".... as well
> as someone who would potentially be helping other less tech-savvy people in
> forums.  What's a torrent?
>
> Of course I'll be looking it up here shortly.  And I'll be glad to help
> other people, once I understand it myself.
>
> Maybe it could be one option, among the usual straight-forward download
> options.?
>
> All best :-)
>
>
> From: Josh Andler
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 3:02 PM
> To: Martin Owens
> Cc: Inkscape Devel List
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Downloads Exception
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2014 12:39 PM, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
>> I think we have room for torrents as a favoured method, it doesn't have
>> to make things vastly more complex. That's just going to be
>> presentation. I like the idea of our mirrors being in the torrent
>> though, that's very cool.
> Scrapbookers and grade school children... we have a number of users in these
> groups (among other less tech-savvy groups). Unless you know of a way to
> torrent without requiring a special application for it, it's just a
> potential source of confusion for these people.
> If I go to download something on someone else's computer for them or give
> them a link it's going to be a direct download. Even for myself I only opt
> for torrent downloads for large files or in special cases. I don't think I'm
> alone in that.
> I'm not saying I'm against torrents as an option. It's just less straight
> forward than it should be for the average user and I'm not sure how
> prominent of an option it should be.
> Cheers,
> Josh
>
>
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