Locally Hosted Zimbabwe Mirror

[tkmunzwa]

Yo! Africa is proving to be quite friendly to free software. Thanks dudes.

[NIT006.5]

For those who haven't kept up with the updates on the mailing list, we are much closer to our goal now!

The server is in place and is currently replicating the repos for Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian. As I understand it, the shear volume of data involved did cause some bandwidth issues, so it has now been throttled down a bit, but is still busy replicating. Once the initial replication has been done, it should be a lot simpler as it will be only replicating "new" packages and updates, etc. So as soon as the initial replication is complete, we should be in business.

Thanks again to Kalpesh, Simpson and the other guys at Yo!Africa for pushing this, and of course to Ray for doing the repo work. Official letters of thanks have already been sent to those concerned.

I have also spoken to the Computer Society of Zimbabwe who have agreed to give us a slot in their monthly electronic newsletter, so once the repo and web site are up and running, we will place an "official" launch notice in their newsletter as well.

[tkmunzwa]

cool!. My thanks to all those involved.

you guys rock

[NIT006.5]

Hi guys,

We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new Zimbabwe repository!

The repository can be accessed on http://archive.ubuntu.org.zw (this address will need to be added into your sources.list).

We are working on getting the mirror officially approved, and then hope to make it the default repo for Zimbabwean users. Until then however, if you require any assistance in setting your system up to use this repository, please send an e-mail to repo@ubuntu.org.zw or ask for help here on the forum.

An announcement of the repo launch has also been sent to CSZ for inclusion in their August newsletter.

Thanks again to all those involved in making this happen.

[rgchihanga]

is there a chance that there is going to be the dvd version of ubuntu on the mirror

[NIT006.5]

Originally Posted by rgchihanga is there a chance that there is going to be the dvd version of ubuntu on the mirror

Hi,

Which dvd version are you referring to? Ubuntu is distributed on CD by default... the CD iso images are available at http://archive.ubuntu.org.zw/ubuntu/iso/

The Intrepid iso's will be available there shortly after the official release, as we'll need a little time to have them downloaded onto the local server.

Regards,
Neil

[PlatinumPlus]

Originally Posted by NIT006.5 Hi guys, We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new Zimbabwe repository! The repository can be accessed on http://archive.ubuntu.org.zw (this address will need to be added into your sources.list). We are working on getting the mirror officially approved, and then hope to make it the default repo for Zimbabwean users. Until then however, if you require any assistance in setting your system up to use this repository, please send an e-mail to repo@ubuntu.org.zw or ask for help here on the forum. An announcement of the repo launch has also been sent to CSZ for inclusion in their August newsletter. Thanks again to all those involved in making this happen.

This is great news!