ubuntu - proprietary Launchpad...that would be interesting maybe we should have a database of different pronunciations of ubuntu.
On Feb 12, 2008 5:26 PM, Derek Juba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think now they call it Ubuntu. > > -Derek > > Bernie Hackett wrote: > > <flame retardant undergarments = 100%> > > > > Debian still exists?!? > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 4:58 PM, brian raszap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> i think if we mirror a distro it should be Debian. if we mirror more > than > >> one then Debian should be one of those. > >> the best idea seems to be torrents for the actual distro and mirrors > only > >> for the packages... > >> ~Brian > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Feb 11, 2008 5:07 PM, Neil Sikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hey. it sounds like a cool idea for us to mirror distros. it also > sounds > >>> > >> cool to have Maryland mirroring packages like ebuilds for gentoo or > rpms for > >> Fedora etc. I would definitely use it. Why does the business school > mirror > >> linux???? > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Nick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> I would definitely use mirrors of CD images for Ubuntu if there were > >>>> some hosted by the UMLUG, as things can get quite bogged down around > >>>> release. In recent times I've just used the torrents to download > >>>> images, but sometimes if can be hard to even get those, so if nothing > >>>> else it would actually be helpful if we could just mirror the torrent > >>>> files (which are, obviously, small). > >>>> > >>>> The other thing that can get bogged down is updates from the > repository > >>>> when a significant number of package updates are available at once. > >>>> While I realize that hosting a repository would take a lot of space, > >>>> might it be possible and useful to host only the updates or security > >>>> repository mirror with only more modest requirements? > >>>> > >>>> Just a few ideas, > >>>> > >>>> Nick > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Neil Sikka > >>> > >> >
