[ALUG] Fwd: Re: [eThinkTankTz] Ubuntu Archive Mirror - mirror.aptus.co.tz

[Ismail Settenda]

Ooops, sorry I did not read the question thoroughly enough and didnt see
that you meant for a Debian O.S...so please disregard my answer.

Regards

--
Ismail

On 8 March 2014 09:33, Ismail Settenda <ismailmss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes it is very ok, the mirror is a meant to be a much closer server
> (repository) with these updates. So you now don't have to get these updates
> from States or Europe you just get them from the one at Habari if you in
> Arusha or from the Aptus one in Dar.
>
> In most cases it will be faster as the link will be less congested and of
> better quality or even cheaper because for a Habari client picking the
> updates from the Habari mirror it will be like picking from a server in
> your local network and free of bandwidth costs. Same goes for the aptus
> one...in time even the link to Dar will be cheaper than picking from
> Europe.
>
> --
> Ismail
>
> On 8 March 2014 09:24, Hamisi Jabe <administrator at banana.co.tz> wrote:
>
>> By the way, is it ok using ubuntu mirror to update a machine running
>> debian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-03-08 09:14, Howard Frederick wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting- which networks in Tanzania will be able to use that to
>>> good effect?
>>>
>>> Also, Habari's deb-proxy works well if you're in Arusha on the HNL
>>> network (2MB/s Ubuntu updates at the CRC office, for example).
>>> On 8 Mar 2014 01:27, "Ismail Settenda" <ismailmss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  F.Y.I
>>>>
>>>> Rgds
>>>> --
>>>> Ismail
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Please excuse any omissions or errors as this email has been
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>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: ismailmss at yahoo.co.uk
>>>> Date: 8 Mar 2014 01:25
>>>> Subject: Re: [eThinkTankTz] Ubuntu Archive Mirror -
>>>> mirror.aptus.co.tz
>>>> To: ethinktanktz <eThinkTankTz at yahoogroups.com>
>>>> Cc:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, for those of us upcountry this is a real bandwidth/time
>>>> saving facility.
>>>>
>>>> Please do keep up the good work.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ismail
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Please excuse any omissions or errors as this email has been
>>>> sent on the xoom.
>>>> On 8 Mar 2014 01:06, <ad at damji.co.tz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Just a note for Ubuntu system admins, the entire Ubuntu Archive
>>>>> (750GB+) is now mirrored at mirror.aptus.co.tz for faster updates.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steps to configure your system to use the mirror:
>>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/mirror.aptus.co.tz-archive
>>>>>
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