Pkg Download Slowness

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 11/26/08, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Pkg Download Slowness
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 1:25 PM
> Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>  said:
> > > I never rely on a server being near me but pick
> one where
> > > it is the
> > > middle of the night/early morning no matter what
> time it is
> > > here.  They
> > > invariably work pretty quickly.
> > >   
> > Understandable, but just exactly how you do this with
> your apt
> > sources.list?  I must be missing something about this.
> > 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> 
> Using Synaptic it is in the menu under:
> Settings>Repositories.
> Click the drop menu labeled, "Download from,"
> select, "Other," and
> choose from the resulting list which is arranged by
> country.
>
Well, that was simple wasn't it.  Now, I get to slap myself on the side of my head again-:) All one need to know then is the time in the country selected. I could probably figure that out-:) Funny how we(me at least) forget what we don't use every day. Thanks Cybe.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net