Pkg Download Slowness

[Cybe R. Wizard]

"Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net>  said:
> 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.
> 
> Cybe

I see from Mario's post that the very same dialog may be accessed
through the regular Ubuntu menu bar under,
"System>Administration>software Sources," without opening Synaptic.

Cybe R. Wizard
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