[ale] finding ubuntu mirrors

[Ted W]

On May 17, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Justin Goldberg wrote:
> I just google +"filename.iso" "index of" site:edu, since universities
> have the fattest pipes. It works great.
> 
> Using this method, I found a directory that had the complete  source
> tarball for sunos, aix, and at&t unix. I even found the source to
> cisco ios (10 or 11) once waaaaaay back in the day. I remember it had
> a lot of motorola m68k folders in the tree. I didn't have a cd burner
> or a lot of storage so they were all deleted since they were of no use
> to me at the time.
> 
> On 5/17/12, Ron Frazier (ALE) <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>> Ubuntu seems to be making it harder to find mirror sites, particularly for
>> cd downloads, on their main download page. Their download robot sends me to
>> a slow server in the uk. I found this link so I thought I'd share it.
>> 
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>> 
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Thanks for sharing, I'll be sure to bookmark that.

On another related note, if you're in Atlanta I always recommend http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu

-- 
Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
Registered GNU/Linux user #413569




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