Sorry for the dumb question:

[M-J Milloy]

Hey all!

Thanks v. much for all the responses -- I modified the sources file as
suggested and it worked like a charm!


M_J

On 3/1/06, Peter Whittaker <pwwnow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> M-J Milloy wrote:
> >
> > I'm a new Ubuntu -- and Linux -- user in southern Ontario.
> > I'm trying to install some software but ca.archive.ubuntu.com
> > keeps timing out. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Folks, I'm glad someone chimed in with the "no dumb Q's" remark, 'cause
> I might have one: trying to be a good CDN, I was using ca.* at first but
> had no end of troubles with it, so I deleted the "ca." and now have
> solid success.
>
> But so far, no one has suggested that alternative, mentioning other
> mirrors instead. Is using the main site considered unfriendly? Since
> ca.* seems unreliable or inaccessible, is there a preferred order for
> mirror use?
>
> I'd like to be as friendly as possible to our distribution system, but
> I'd also like to hit a site that is up and up-to-date as often as
> possible. So far, the main site meets those requirements, at least for
> me.
>
> (Ya know, a mirror selection system similar to an NTP server selection
> system - list a bunch in a cfg file, poke 'em all and sees who's
> fastest, use the top few - would be a cool idea... ...esp. if Synaptic
> did this by itself every now and again.)
>
> Thoughts, comments, advice, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
>
> pww
>
>
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