Pkg Download Slowness

[Leonard Chatagnier]

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

>
> > 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
>
Yep, was aware of that. I use kde4 and it's found under kmenu>applications>system>software sources. By the time this thread dies its normal death all the newbies will be aware also, which is good,-:) Thanks for your reply,
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net