[ubuntu-za] Slow updates
Jan Greeff
jan at verslank.net
Tue Nov 12 03:08:50 UTC 2013
Many thanks for this Lee - my updates are running now!
Jan
On 08/11/2013 22:07, Lee Sharp wrote:
> On 11/08/2013 02:00 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>
>> Excuse my ignorance Miles, but what are mirrors and how do you change to
>> International?
>
> Ubuntu has LOTS of servers all over the world for updates. It picks
> one for you at install, but if that one falls over, bad things
> happen. From the cli run software-properties-gtk and click the
> "Download From" dropdown and pick something else. Note that clicking
> "Other" can allow you to pick the best server via a ping test.
>
> Lee
>
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