mirror.symnds.com has debian/ubuntu and is in Ashburn on Above.net FYI. On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 01:51:31PM -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote: > there's also the unfortunate case of: "My traffic to the selected > mirror is over the 'expensive' transit port, why can't I use my SFP's > mirror over there on the left?" > > setting the mirror to a specific one means some fragility, but > determinism is nice. > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Robert Drake <rdr...@direcpath.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/7/2013 11:16 AM, Michael Shuler wrote: > >> > >> Ubuntu != Debian > > > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/157840/why-does-apt-get-fail-to-resolve-the-mirror > > > > Apparently mirrors.ubuntu.com picks a mirror based on geographical location > > using lines like this: > > > > |deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted > > universe multiverse > > deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted > > universe multiverse > > deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main > > restricted universe multiverse > > deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted > > universe multiverse > > > > I'm not sure how good it is at picking a mirror though. ubuntu seems to > > make a mess of the sources.list > > file and makes it scary to change. I always leave it with the mirror I > > chose during install. > > > > This: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SourcesList > > > > Says you can pick "Select Best Server" from a menu. That would probably > > work okay if it's not a headless box. > > | > >
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