[Tfug] Knoppix

[Jeremy Rogers]

>This doesn't help if you want to use a download manager like wget.
>
>In fact, AFAIK, the "type" field in the Mozilla Save Link Target As 
>dialog box only effects the filter being used to view the contents of 
>your hard drive -- in other words: you're still initiating the transfer 
>with a MIME type of text/plain (and, therefore, there's a very good 
>chance the resulting download will be useless).

Ah. I learned something.  :-) 
I don't normally use wget but I probably should. I'm 95% sure I saved this using mozilla with "save target as" from the purdue server a few months ago (in your next email you mention the purdue mirror also has mime type text/plain) and it worked fine when I burned the cd from the resulting iso file.  The more I think about it, the more this is suprising.


>The only browser or download manager I know of that will ignore the MIME 
>type specified by the server is Internet Explorer.

Not exactly an advantage.. 

-JDR
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