Re: Local linux downloads?

[Dean Eckstrom <]

  Ubuntu seems like a great choice, I am very happy with the machines I have used it on thus far.

  Yet, current Redhat ISOs and Redhat updates are also available for anyone who can login from campus with a NetID.

   http://rhel-web.cs.cornell.edu/

  This will save alot of remote downloading and give your network bill a break, especially since Redhat install uses upto 5 CDs (compared to Ubuntu's 1).

  If you want an update code to use up2date via this proxy, eMail the address indicated on the page. 

  -x

Tommy Craig wrote:

Josh,

The ECE server is available to all _university_ IPs, you do not need
any special permissions <ftp://ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors>. 
Kubuntu actually uses the same repositories as Ubuntu.

Below is my ubuntu sources.list for the ECE server.  Yes, it could
(and probably should) be cleaned up a bit.  Note that I have added
universe, but not multiverse.

-Tommy

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cuauv@ark:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/
breezy main restricted


deb ftp://ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ breezy main
restricted universe
deb-src ftp://ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ breezy main
restricted universe

# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted

deb ftp://ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main
restricted universe
deb-src ftp://ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ breezy-updates
main restricted universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main
restricted universe multiverse


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On 3/27/06, Joshua Ogle <> wrote:
  

Hey,

Are there any local (on-campus) places that host linux cd images?  It's
not expensive to download them, which is what I've been doing for the past
year, but it's more expensive than "free" would be if there were a local
fileserver that is hosting images.

Also, for anyone who uses (k)ubuntu, are there any local addresses that I
can add to my sources.list for use with apt-get?  I heard about one on the
ece server that needs permissions to access, but as I am a hotelie I doubt
I'd be able to easily get access to that server.

TIA.

-Josh