Schadenfreude » repositories http://www.ralree.com Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:49:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Finding the best apt mirror in Ubuntu http://www.ralree.com/2008/03/22/finding-the-best-apt-mirror-in-ubuntu/ http://www.ralree.com/2008/03/22/finding-the-best-apt-mirror-in-ubuntu/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:27:00 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2008/03/22/finding-the-best-apt-mirror-in-ubuntu I wanted to speed up package downloading to set up my apt-proxy today in Gutsy, so I decided to find the correct way to find the fastest Ubuntu mirror. It’s actually done like so (stolen from here):

  1. Click on “System | Administration | Software Sources”
  2. Under “Ubuntu Sotware” tab, choose “Other” in the “Download from” list box.
  3. Choose your country and then click “Select Best Server” and choose the recommendation.

This automatically updates the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. The same utility can also be reached from the Synaptic Package Manager, through “Settings | Repositories”.
In action:

It says mirrors.rit.edu is the best one for me. Makes sense.

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