us.archive.ubuntu.com down

[Liz Young]

On Friday 08 December 2006 07:40, Bry Melvin wrote:
> Just a thought here: That site is a US govt sponsored
> server witha a heavy load. Kubuntu puts even a heavier
> load. Watching my firewall one day I found that the
> KDE   cd ripper accessed it every time it was started.
> How many KDE apps have code in them to check for
> updates on their own?

.edu 's are public institutions in the US so you could say they are govt 
sponsored.  Did you look at http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu ?  They host a 
lot of free software projects.  I don't think heavy load is an issue -- 
it's a fast mirror.  If they didn't want *ubuntu traffic, they wouldn't 
host it.

Not sure what "KDE cd ripper" you're referring to, but I'll guess it was 
looking for track titles.  Can't comment more without seeing a capture 
of the network traffic.
Adept_updater runs on every start unless you disable it.

> Is it feasible that KDE is helping cause the problem?
> does Argonne have a lmit to band with from different
> sections.  I found that Argonne was being accessed
> constantly by my computer for updates several times an
> hour and put blocks in place, changed to another repo
> for updates. It seems some KDE apps hit the servers on
> their own based on the language/locale settings.

?  I don't know what Argonne is and what your computer was updating so 
often without more info.  Post a new thread with some traffic details 
if you think it's a problem.

-Liz