Honestly, Fedora and Ubuntu (x, k or whatever) are huge projects. I really don't see the point in mirroring them. UMLUG doesn't have that much space and those two distros are probably already mirrored a hundred places in the capitol region. Maybe something like Arch (for power users) or PCLinuxOS (for newbies) or Sabayon (for those who feel that Gentoo ~arch is too stable) would be more appropriate? Maybe FreeBSD?
-Bernie On Feb 11, 2008 3:09 PM, Mehmet Ergun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think mirroring fedora, xandros (eee pc users), gOS (I believe cheap > linux pc users -forgot the brand -everest or shuttle?), and k+x+ubuntu > repositories + images (not xandros) would be a good idea. or mirroring > developing/small distributions' repositories... but only if there were > no user restrictions. I don't see much point if there are user > restrictions... > > Thanks > Mehmet. > > > Ken Tossell wrote: > > Hi UMLUG, > > > > I'm sure some of you know the LUG used to maintain a mirror for > > various distributions on AFS. Unfortunately, it was last updated in > > May 2004, with Fedora Core 2. > > > > I'd like to get it going again. I've started pulling down a few > > distributions' CD/DVD archives, but I'd like to know how much > > interest you all have in a local mirror, so: > > > > - Do you think we should operate a distribution mirror? Would you use it? > > - Should we mirror just CD/DVD images or also host package archives? (This > > means a lot of space, but we have it.) > > - What distributions, if any, should the mirror have? (The business school > > already mirrors CentOS.) > > - Should this mirror be accessible from off the campus (with restrictions, > > such as only allowing UMD users, and depending on the university's OK)? > > - Other projects? > > > > - Ken > > >
