Re: [Hampshire] slow source lsit

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Author: Philip Stubbs
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] slow source lsit
* Tim (xendistar@???) wrote:
>
> I am currently using
>
> deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>
> In my apt source list and it is painfully slow, I have tried the program
> netselect to test the speed of the source site and it does not return a time
> (I checked with some US source sites and they replied with times)
>
> Does anybody have any faster UK source sites or is using the US sites ok??
> (http.us.debian.org)


I have used the German repositories for some time. Just replace uk
with de and off you go. I know that it is not really the done thing,
but it works, and is surely better than using the us ones.

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Philip Stubbs
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