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Quick way of selecting closest Ubuntu repos mirror
Maybe it's common knowledge, but this was news to me.
Just putting the following on top of your /etc/apt/sources.list will pick the closest mirror
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
It works by using http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt which is generated to have the closest mirrors to your IP. (Don't forget to edit precise if necessary).
Thanked by 1FieldMoose
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great.....thanks...
and "ununtu"...??
Oops. Fixed.
n00buntu!
Interesting, how they have implemented PPA, and I didn't know about this.
I am used to the netselect-apt stuff for the best mirror, which, IIRC is deprecated or something...
It doesn't pick the closest one, it just gives you a list of mirrors in your own country and one will be used randomly.