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[Lex Hider]

On Friday 20 October 2006 16:05, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Lex Hider">
>
> > Is it all feasible to make this automatic for aussie users. i.e. After
> > installing, sources.list points to your isp's mirror if it has one for
> > ubuntu.
>
> This is already done on a national scale, but not a regional, local or ISP
> scale. If you choose Australia as your location during install, various
> things will be set up nicely for you, including au.archive.ubuntu.com. It
> is much harder to figure out which ISP you're using (asking would be
> abusive), and whether or not their mirror is any good. The ones set up in
> the official DNS are at least tested and trusted.
>

Cool. How do you test whether your access to au.archive.ubuntu.com is "free"?

Lex.