Re: AAPT linux mirror?
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Sebastian Spiess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I use the alternate CD image to do a dist upgrade (xubuntu)? If you get the xubuntu alternate cd you should be able to upgrade most of the packages although it will need to get the rest of the internet -- Harrison Conlin gpg fingerprint = 5F32 C312 82C7 933D DD7B DBCC 60D8 40EA 3A16 1F13 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: AAPT linux mirror?
Karl Bowden wrote: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the >> iinet one? >> >>> >> >> If AAPT is part of PIPE networks, any of the PIPE mirrors will do. eg: >> >> 3FL: >> http://www.3fl.net.au/mirror/ >> >> Pacific Mirror: >> http://www.pacific.net.au/mirror/ >> >> etc. But again for popular .iso downloads, I thoroughly recommend >> BitTorrent. After all, it is designed from the ground up for >> network-aware, dynamic bandwidth swarm downloading. >> > > If it's for iso's I too would recomend bittorrent.I just used it to > download both the i386 and amd64 desktop hardy cd's and got a solid > 650Kbps download. I even tried to leave the iso's seeding for a day, > but it only uploaded about 40meg in total. > > That's the best bittorrent experience I have had so far! > >> > Ugh forgot to do reply all again.. >> >> I must say, that is very frustrating. >> >> The mailing list is managed by the GNU Mailman software, and it is >> configurable to re-write the "reply-to" address to be that of the >> mailing list. If the list maintainer is reading this, please consider >> doing so for the sanity of the list users. I subscribe to a number of >> other mailmain-managed lists, and they all do this to make the users' >> lives easier. >> >> >> -Dan > > And yes I would be with you on this point too Dan. > > - Karl > I was not so much interested in the iso download more a general repository mirror. This would ease up my upgrade situation for my mums computer. she has only 400mb per month which is not good for upgrading to hardy... Seems like I have to dowload a CD image. Can I use the alternate CD image to do a dist upgrade (xubuntu)? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: AAPT linux mirror?
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the > iinet one? > >>> > > If AAPT is part of PIPE networks, any of the PIPE mirrors will do. eg: > > 3FL: > http://www.3fl.net.au/mirror/ > > Pacific Mirror: > http://www.pacific.net.au/mirror/ > > etc. But again for popular .iso downloads, I thoroughly recommend > BitTorrent. After all, it is designed from the ground up for > network-aware, dynamic bandwidth swarm downloading. > If it's for iso's I too would recomend bittorrent.I just used it to download both the i386 and amd64 desktop hardy cd's and got a solid 650Kbps download. I even tried to leave the iso's seeding for a day, but it only uploaded about 40meg in total. That's the best bittorrent experience I have had so far! > > > Ugh forgot to do reply all again.. > > I must say, that is very frustrating. > > The mailing list is managed by the GNU Mailman software, and it is > configurable to re-write the "reply-to" address to be that of the > mailing list. If the list maintainer is reading this, please consider > doing so for the sanity of the list users. I subscribe to a number of > other mailmain-managed lists, and they all do this to make the users' > lives easier. > > > -Dan And yes I would be with you on this point too Dan. - Karl -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: AAPT linux mirror?
>>> does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the iinet >>> one? >>> If AAPT is part of PIPE networks, any of the PIPE mirrors will do. eg: 3FL: http://www.3fl.net.au/mirror/ Pacific Mirror: http://www.pacific.net.au/mirror/ etc. But again for popular .iso downloads, I thoroughly recommend BitTorrent. After all, it is designed from the ground up for network-aware, dynamic bandwidth swarm downloading. > Ugh forgot to do reply all again.. I must say, that is very frustrating. The mailing list is managed by the GNU Mailman software, and it is configurable to re-write the "reply-to" address to be that of the mailing list. If the list maintainer is reading this, please consider doing so for the sanity of the list users. I subscribe to a number of other mailmain-managed lists, and they all do this to make the users' lives easier. -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: AAPT linux mirror?
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 21:12 +1000, Gabriel Noronha wrote: > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 20:26 +1000, Sebastian Spiess wrote: > > does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the iinet > > one? > > > > > This list is one of the more extensive lists > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/LocalAptMirrors > > but it seems a bit out of date. it's missing bigpond and refers to > dapper. > > http://www.users.on.net/~luckykar/hardy.html is another list. > > unfortunately i can't see any AAPT mirrors at all. even checked > whirlpool. > > Gabz Ugh forgot to do reply all again.. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
AAPT linux mirror?
does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the iinet one? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
