On 18 May 2010 10:16, Jonathan Davies wrote:
>> If I'm already using "archive.ubuntu.com" while on Virgin, will it use the
>> Virgin mirror? Or do I need to manually specify it?
>
> You have to specify it manually:
>
> - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/ubuntu.virginmedia.com-archive
>
Or le
On 14/05/10 20:47, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Friday 14 May 2010 17:06:35 Anton Piatek wrote:
>> This has been discussed several times on the Debian lists - there are
>> several prototypes or packages that do this already, some even using
>> bittorrent, however most of the consensus is that the pa
I can see a few problems with this:
* If it comes turned off by default, then most people won't be
distributing the upgrades.
* If it is turned on by default, people with caps will quickly max
out, and most ill turn it off, going back to problem one.
* Less popuar packages will heve little to no "
On 15 May 2010 14:56, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 14/05/10 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
>> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
>> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>>
>> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if
>> package
On 14/05/10 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>
> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if
> packages could be distributed in a peer to peer manner
On 14 May 2010 20:47, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Friday 14 May 2010 17:06:35 Anton Piatek wrote:
>> This has been discussed several times on the Debian lists - there are
>> several prototypes or packages that do this already, some even using
>> bittorrent, however most of the consensus is that th
On Friday 14 May 2010 17:06:35 Anton Piatek wrote:
> This has been discussed several times on the Debian lists - there are
> several prototypes or packages that do this already, some even using
> bittorrent, however most of the consensus is that the packages are
> often small and the overhead of p2
On 14 May 2010 14:58, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 14 May 2010 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
>>
>> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
>> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>>
>> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good i
On 14 May 2010 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>
> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if
> packages could be distributed in a peer to peer m
Hi Samuel,
On 14 May 2010 13:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if packages
> could be distributed in a peer to peer manner, as .isos can be?
Unsurprisingly you're not the first person to think this is a good
idea. There are a few project
On 14 May 2010 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>
> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if packages
> could be distributed in a peer to peer ma
On 14/05/10 12:18, Samuel Toogood wrote:
> First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
> lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
>
> I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if
> packages could be distributed in a peer to peer manner
First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been
lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before.
I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if packages
could be distributed in a peer to peer manner, as .isos can be? This would
have several advanta
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