[plug] local Debian mirrors.. was : Problem with apt

[Gary Allpike]

There are also debian mirrors (including slink ISO images) at
ftp.linux.org.au.

ftp.linux.org.au is presently hosted at Wantree^H^H^H^H^H^H^HiiNet

regards


Gary Allpike


On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Brad Campbell wrote:

> Trevor Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > Have you tried some Perth mirrors? I use:
> > deb ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian stable main contrib non-free
> > deb ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> > 
> > (Plus a few others...)
> 
> I did not know uwa was hanging of the waix..
> I had the USA sites in there because I could be sure that the default
> sources.list
> should work.. But it didn't on this box..
> I have been using http://www.au.debian.org/debian..
> 
> But I see that uwa is closer than that.. so I'll give that a try..
> 
> What's the consensus on upgrading to Potato ?
> Is it reasonably stable yet, and is it worth it ?
> 
> Also, having upgraded from Netscape 4.5 to 4.61 seems to be faster and
> more responsive..
> not up long enough to comment on stability..
> Mozilla is looking pretty good too, though of course the stability is
> not there.
> 
> Brad..
>