Sorry for the dumb question:

[Daniel Robitaille]

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?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Archive

has 3 mirrors for Canada (and over a dozen in the US)  But I haven't
tried any of the 3 in a very long time...


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Daniel Robitaille