[GRLUG] debian mirror

[Ben Rousch]

Here are a couple of good answers for picking different repos on Ubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/37753/how-can-i-get-apt-to-use-a-mirror-close-to-me
http://askubuntu.com/questions/39922/how-do-you-select-the-fastest-mirror-from-the-command-line

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> AFAIK, apt-spy still won't work for Ubuntu. I'm using Debian, though.
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just looked at apt-spy info at
>>
>>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-spy/+bug/1780
>>
>> It looks like work was abandoned on it around 2007. What benefits does
>> apt-spy offer that overcome the objections mentioned on the blog?
>> (and, what does it do in the first place that we don't have from other
>> methods?)
>>
>> --Don Ellis
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tried running apt-spy. When did that program get so buggy?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:35 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I tried hitting msu, it was VERY laggy. Perhaps these will help:
>>>>
>>>> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/
>>>>
>>>> ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/dists/wheezy/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:46, Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> The debian apt mirror at lug.mtu.edu is giving me a header error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone please send the apt entry for debian wheezy at msu?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Patrick Goupell
>>>>>
>>>>> Income taxes?  See this http://www.truthattack.org or this
>>>>> http://www.whatistaxed.com
>>>>>
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