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[FEATURE]: Allow user to download OS from other location #1007

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fckwan opened this issue Feb 19, 2025 · 2 comments
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[FEATURE]: Allow user to download OS from other location #1007

fckwan opened this issue Feb 19, 2025 · 2 comments
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fckwan commented Feb 19, 2025

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Please allow user to choose and download the OS from a mirror location.

Describe the solution you would like to see implemented

Please allow user to choose and download the OS from a mirror location.
It can diversify the load to other mirror site. Lower the distance the OS image need to travel.

Describe alternatives you've considered

User can download the image themselves and then use the imager to write to sd card.

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1.8.5

@fckwan fckwan added the enhancement New feature or request label Feb 19, 2025
@fckwan fckwan changed the title [FEATURE]: Allow user to download from other location [FEATURE]: Allow user to download OS from other location Feb 19, 2025
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lurch commented Feb 19, 2025

Raspberry Pi Imager is designed to be easy for complete beginners to use, and I suspect that allowing users to specify a mirror location would just make it more confusing for them? (e.g. a complete beginner wouldn't even know what a "mirror location" is, and even an experienced beginner probably wouldn't have any idea how to figure out what mirror locations are available for the particular OS that they want to use)
IMHO of course.

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fckwan commented Feb 19, 2025

This option can be hidden in the setting or in advanced settings.
Most user do not need to worry about this.

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