(Although I suppose there is a point in selecting the mirror which is the fewest hops away from you. Then, if your ISPs have any brains at all, they will notice the increased demand for fast trans-African links and act on it.)
On 24 April 2012 21:59, Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]>wrote: > The thing is, for most people in Uganda selecting a mirror is fairly > pointless. You don't have high enough speeds to notice any significant > difference. The bottleneck is in the last mile. > > > On 24 April 2012 21:52, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 22/04/2012 11:04, Koen Fasten wrote: >> >> > For linux mint there is a list of >> > mirrors:http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1889 I am not sure which one is >> > closest. From geographical point of view I think south Africa. But >> > this might be different from an internet infrastructure perspective. I >> > am open for comments on this. >> >> This is always a moving target but you can run some tests to determine >> your best mirror. For example, using a box that runs linux mint (and I >> suspect something similar in Ubuntu), select:- >> >> Menu>Administration>Update Manager>Edit>Software sources>Linux Mint >> Software>Download From>Other>Select Best Server >> >> And as of now, on my Orange 3G connection, that turns out to be >> linux-mint.froonix.org in Germany. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> -- >> Hari >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > >
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