Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu.com meltdown

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Author: Alex Phillips
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To: Alan Pope, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu.com meltdown
On 4/19/07, Alan Pope <alan@???> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 12:09:08PM +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> > It would appear that Ubuntu 7.04 has been released, and the
> > ubuntu.com servers have melted under the rush. I was going to start
> > a bittorrent download to 'do my bit' to help share the load, but it
> > looks like even the tracker is not managing to cope.
> >
>
> Not quite. The trackers aren't up because the official announcement about
> the release has not been made yet.
>
> Once it has been announced on the Ubuntu-Announce mailing list the tracker
> will be up.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
> --


That would explain why the www.ubuntu.com frontpage is still saying
the Feisty release is tomorrow.

Is the frontpage the best place to check for the actual release ? or
would you recommend somewhere else ?

Regards,
Alex.