Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Calcpage]

On Jun 2, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Calcpage <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 2, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Maurice McCarthy <manselton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2 June 2010 20:06, Calcpage <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That was my original question: how do I update the mirrors!
>>>
>>
>> Oops! Sorry. :-|
>>
>> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> then paste in a line such as
>>
>> deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ isadora main upstream import
>>

You mean all I need in sources.list is one URL???  That would be  
great, cause I get errors mainly from a pile of urls that start with  
security.


>> save it and run
>>
>> sudo aptitude update
>>
>> Linux Mint is ubuntu derived and isadora is based on lucid lynx so  
>> the
>> above line will work as it is.
>>
>> Blow me down, if this does it!
>> Maurice
>>
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>
> OK, well, I suppose my original question should have been how do I
> find alternate mirrors to replace what's already in sources.list?
>
> Thanx so much for the help, especially Maurice, I really appreciate
> it!  I am getting such a reducation in debian, this is great!  You
> see, except for this year, I always used Knoppix, probably since it
> came out.  You can probably still find all my posts on http://www.knoppix.net
>
> BTW, I tried the 32bit live Ubuntu CD and got the same exact behavior
> from sudo aptitude update!  So, maybe it is just the mirrors?  I just
> need to know  which mirrors are needed, I mean there's a ton of urls
> in there....
>
> Wait, there was one difference with the 32bit install, only eth0 was
> configured  So I tried sudo ifconfig eth1 1.2.3.4 netmask 2.3.4.5
> broadcast 3.4.5.6 and sudo route add default gw 4.5.6.7 which seemed
> to work.  However, after reboot those settings were lost.  I checked /
> etc/network/interfaces and nothing was saved there!  What gives?
>
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
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