http://fefnet.com/blog/2006/06/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/ technology, religion, sports, and everything between Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:38:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://fefnet.com/blog/2006/06/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-5424 FeFNet » Blog Archive » Swiss-army Linux Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:02 +0000 http://fefnet.com/wordpress/archives/2006/06/01/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-5424 [...] As I’ve stated before, we ditched Windows on our desktop computer in favor of Ubuntu Linux. Since I’ve started using it a little over a year ago, Ubuntu really has come a long way. Ubuntu is readying its newest release, and this one looks to be better than ever. [...] [...] As I’ve stated before, we ditched Windows on our desktop computer in favor of Ubuntu Linux. Since I’ve started using it a little over a year ago, Ubuntu really has come a long way. Ubuntu is readying its newest release, and this one looks to be better than ever. [...]

]]> http://fefnet.com/blog/2006/06/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-5303 Alex Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:41:02 +0000 http://fefnet.com/wordpress/archives/2006/06/01/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-5303 Thanks, that's a great tip. I haven't been able to check it out yet, but it will definitely be useful when I upgrade all my packages to feisty in a few weeks. Thanks, that’s a great tip. I haven’t been able to check it out yet, but it will definitely be useful when I upgrade all my packages to feisty in a few weeks.

]]> http://fefnet.com/blog/2006/06/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-4955 RedMage Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:06:52 +0000 http://fefnet.com/wordpress/archives/2006/06/01/ubuntu-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-4955 I was reading this while I tried to get my mirrors to go faster in Ubuntu, and I thought you might be interested to know that I figured out how to make Ubuntu pick a fast mirror (I'm using Feisty, don't know if it works in the others). If you go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources On the first tab, there is a box that says "Download From". Click on that, click on "Choose best server", wait a couple minutes, then hit ok. :) I was reading this while I tried to get my mirrors to go faster in Ubuntu, and I thought you might be interested to know that I figured out how to make Ubuntu pick a fast mirror (I’m using Feisty, don’t know if it works in the others).
If you go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources
On the first tab, there is a box that says “Download From”. Click on that, click on “Choose best server”, wait a couple minutes, then hit ok.

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