[ubuntu-za] installing Ubuntu do not select South Africa select USA

[Douglas Ulyate]

I always change to the main repos, updates (especially kernel updates)
seem to take longer to appear in the SA mirror.  Haven't really
noticed anything not appearing at all, just a delay.

Regards,

Douglas

On 28 April 2011 16:46, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org> wrote:
> On 04/28/2011 10:07 AM, Nick Michael(PtaISP) wrote:
>>
>> Hi there I have found that if I install Ubuntu and leave the country as
>> default  (USA)  and not South Africa
>> Then afterwards change toe time zone africa:johannesburg
>> I can download a lot of things I could not download if I installed as
>> South Africa without having to do anything
>>
>> I have also found that afterwards if search for the fastest server and it
>> finds a server in Germany as I am using iBurst
>>
>> I also did the opposite and the found I still could not download certain
>> restricted files
>>
>> Can someone explain this phenomenon ?
>> Could it have something to do with USA Encryption Regulations ?
>
> Interesting...  Can you give examples?  And I doubt it is a USA thing, as if
> it was, the IP would be filtered.  Probably an SA mirror thing...  What
> packages?
>
>                        Lee
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