[WXC/VFX] Mirrors for Ubuntu

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phindmarsh

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Topic # 24231 18-Jul-2008 16:18

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know of a local mirror of Ubuntu ISO's? I seem to recall that the recoil file server had them but I get a 401 when I try access them

[edit]by local I mean ones hosted on XNET servers, so it doest count towards my cap[/edit]

Thanks!

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Reply # 149212 18-Jul-2008 17:10

phindmarsh: Hi Guys,

Does anyone know of a local mirror of Ubuntu ISO's? I seem to recall that the recoil file server had them but I get a 401 when I try access them .

[edit]by local I mean ones hosted on XNET servers, so it doest count towards my cap[/edit]

Thanks!

recoil file server is longer up thats why ur getting a 404 error

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Reply # 149215 18-Jul-2008 17:15

Not XNET, but NZ server at ftp://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/ or if you fancy the sneakernet approach, the July APC Mag cover DVD has iso's of V8.04, both Desktop & Server installs.

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Reply # 149261 18-Jul-2008 19:47

wouldnt it be great if xnet had an apt mirror :)

jermsie

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Reply # 149440 19-Jul-2008 12:32

I asked xnet last week if they did, but no unfortunately.

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Reply # 149446 19-Jul-2008 12:58

rphenix: wouldnt it be great if xnet had an apt mirror :)

yeah... I use apt-cacher, so I'm only downloading updates/installs once... seems to work well, but a local traffic cache would be awesome...

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Reply # 149515 19-Jul-2008 19:39

Absolutely. A local mirror would be beyond awesome.

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Reply # 149563 20-Jul-2008 00:29

Mirror - Ihug

Do whatever you want to do man.

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Reply # 149859 21-Jul-2008 13:08

ftp://ftp.citylink.co.nz/

pretty good & fast, if sometimes a bit outdated & overloaded

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Reply # 149882 21-Jul-2008 14:08

Which is outside the Xnet network and chews up data.... local Xnet network = good :)

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Reply # 149940 21-Jul-2008 17:14

Oh! I c

So local, as in local to the network. Not local, as in local 2 the county

Would b interresting to c if there's a linux/ubuntu mirror available.
Any academic intitutions on the XN nw?

Thanx

jermsie

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Reply # 149949 21-Jul-2008 17:29

Well i directly asked xnet and they don't. Maybe more people need to inquire about it? Local content really costs very little for xnet to deliver to the end user.

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Reply # 150035 21-Jul-2008 22:05

heres another vote for linux mirrors, would save xnet a bundle on international bandwidth.

i wonder if they could start a first and create a server to host alot of different distributions and only xnet users could get them. like a cache proxy. or a torrent tracker/file server to help lessen the load on international bandwidth.