10 useful yhings to do after installing Karmic

[Paul Gear]

Daniel Mons wrote:
> ...
> To solve your problem above, be patient.  Over the next 30 days the
> tidal wave of users (80 million was the number I heard thrown around at
> Canonical) will die down, and the mirrors will return to normal.  If
> however you can't be patient, then by all means return to the software
> you are more familiar with.  Ubuntu Linux certainly isn't going any
> where (it's only going to get bigger) and will be here when you are
> ready to return and trial it with an open mind.
>
> For what it's worth, some would probably consider me an "expert" Linux
> user (10+ years of commercial Linux server experience, 7+ years of
> commercial Linux desktop experience).  This email is being typed in 9.04
> Jaunty, which will stay on my systems for another 30 days before I
> migrate to Karmic.  Why?  Because it'll be a whole lot easier to do when
> the mirrors are zippy (and up to date) again, and the masses have
> stopped smashing the tubes.  Even being an "expert" won't magically rid
> me of http 404 messages. :)

If your ISP has a good local mirror [1], it's worth switching to that in
System > Administration > Software Sources.  If that doesn't work, try
another Australian mirror from the list.  I find iiNet's stays pretty
well up to date and is reasonably reliable lately.

Paul

[1] You can find out whether it's "good" here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors

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