[GRLUG] debian mirror

[Don Ellis]

Interesting. I tried the same "find best site" process suggested, once
on a VM and once on a hard machine, both with Ubuntu 10.04. Both
returned a selection very quickly (nowhere near 15 min), but each
chose a different server.

--Don Ellis


On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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