Ha! www.google.co.ug has been "ready" for er.. how many years? Someone should tell the authorities organising CHOGM that her majesty may need to do some surfing and we don't want to be embarrassed that the google UG server is so not in UG.
-- Hari Reinier Battenberg wrote: > Hi Joseph, > > it is not hosted in uganda. Ubuntu is just totally ready for a Ugandan > repository. Once that is running, and Canonical (the makers of ubuntu) > confirm it works, they will point ug.archive.ubuntu.com to that local ugandan > repository. The cool thing is, that nobody will have to change his/her > settings, but the whole ugandan ubuntu community will then automagically reap > the benefit of local internet speed. > > cool, huh? > > reinier > > > On Wednesday 24 October 2007 09:38:14 joseph mpora wrote: >> Was updating some packages on a(n) ubuntu machine at work and noticed >> it pulled packages from >> http://ug.archive.ubuntu.com >> >> So I visited https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors?action=show&redirect=Archive >> to see whether this was a Ugandan mirror but nothing was there. >> >> Is this hosted in Uganda or is the ug bit misleading? >> >> Cheers, Joseph >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
