Finding mirrors for Xubuntu

[Vincent]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:25:21 +0200
> Vincent <mailinglists at vinnl.nl> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Charlie Kravetz
> > <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:47:20 +0200
> > > Vincent <mailinglists at vinnl.nl> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Steve Dodier
> > > > <sidnioulz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sending this email because I'd like to know how we should
> > > > > proceed in order to find mirrors for Xubuntu. I'm especially
> > > > > thinking about french (and this is probably true in many other
> > > > > countries) universities, which usually sponsor Linux
> > > > > distributions (for instance, Nantes sponsors Ubuntu). Cody, I'd
> > > > > appreciate having your point of view over this. I think it's no
> > > > > harm to ask wether or not we can have a mirror from a few
> > > > > universities.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Have you taken a look at the existing mirrors?
> > > > http://xubuntu.org/get I think there are enough mirrors as is,
> > > > and there also are a few universities among them.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It might be enough if they were valid. 24 hours after releasing
> > > Xubuntu 9.04, you can not download from Russian Federation,
> > > Germany, Australia, and Europe. Seems like more mirrors could be
> > > helpful.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, true. (But, by the way... Europe? Where is that, exactly?
> > Eastern Europe? (The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Portugal, etc. are all
> > Europe. Perhaps this one could have a more accurate description or
> > something? Or am I just not getting something?)
> >
>
> I don't know where the mirror is. I just take the names as shown on
> http://xubuntu.org/get . I do not maintain the website, and can not
> change anything on it. It is shown as "se.archive.ubuntu.com", which I
> think is in Sweden.
>

Hmm, shall I change it to Sweden then?


>
> I do think a few more sites mirroring xubuntu would be greatly
> beneficial. Europe is huge. United States is huge. Xubuntu has one
> mirror in the United States, Ubuntu has 23. Xubuntu has 1 mirror in
> Australia, Ubuntu has 7. Xubuntu has 1 mirror in France, Ubuntu has 13.
>
> As of today, 26 April 2009, the mirror in Germany is still giving a 404
> error. Perhaps having two mirrors minimum per country would be a good
> thing. It would increase the workload only slightly, since the push to
> the mirrors is automatic. Once added to the website, maintenance is
> minumum. It greatly increases the chances of getting Xubuntu out in a
> timely manner.


Agreed, if more mirrors are set up be sure to poke me then I'll update the
website :)
-- 
Vincent
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