Ubuntu website down!

[Dragonbite]

The Ubuntu Website is down! I'm getting "Site off-line"

Is it just me?

http://ubuntuforums.org/picture.php?albumid=2258&pictureid=8397

Hope it's nothing too major, today of all days!

[sandyd]

The Ubuntu Website is down! I'm getting "Site off-line"

Is it just me?
Its flickering on and off due to high load.
Just get everyone to download from http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ to avoid hitting the site.

[sam81]

Its flickering on and off due to high load.
Just get everyone to download from http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ to avoid hitting the site.

is there any similar alternative download page for kubuntu?

[codemaniac]

ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Unable to forward this request at this time.

This request could not be forwarded to the origin server or to any parent caches. The most likely cause for this error is that the cache administrator does not allow this cache to make direct connections to origin servers, and all configured parent caches are currently unreachable.

Your cache administrator is webmaster.


Generated Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:53:45 GMT by privet.canonical.com (squid/2.7.STABLE7)
This is what i am getting .

[collisionystm]

the websites been going up and down all morning. I kept getting squid prompts

[sandyd]

is there any similar alternative download page for kubuntu?

Ubuntu
http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/

Kubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

Xubuntu (not yet uploaded)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

Ubuntu Studio (not yet uploaded)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/12.04/release/

Lubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/release/

Edubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/12.04/release/
Can someone please pin these links somewhere in the cafe so users can download even if the site is being hit?

Please download using torrents as well, and seed after downloading. cdimage site is getting hit hard as well, and some cdmirrors are not yet fully updated

[Portable_Jim]

Yep I get the same "offline" message.

It is due to the traffic of loads of people trying to get Ubuntu. (Sort of like why there are traffic jams at rush hour, or how you can't get close to an Apple store just before Apple releases a new product.)

They have put the cd images on multiple servers (called mirrors). You can go to one of the mirrors listed on a mirror list (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors) and download the files.

[ubu_dynamite]

Better wait a moment longer with downloading not all files are on those pages yet you could be downloading just a part of the file.

[sandyd]

Better wait a moment longer with downloading not all files are on those pages yet you could be downloading just a part of the file.
Thats why you download using torrents.

[ubu_dynamite]

Thats why you download using torrents.

I already zsynced the daily but most people will just download the iso.

[autogarsas]

ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent 26-Apr-2012 09:51 28K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (BitTorrent download)

This one is full release as i understand?

[mips]

is there any similar alternative download page for kubuntu?

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/

[sam81]

Kubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

Xubuntu (not yet uploaded)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

Ubuntu Studio (not yet uploaded)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/12.04/release/

Lubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/release/

Edubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/12.04/release/
Can someone please pin these links somewhere in the cafe so users can download even if the site is being hit?

Please download using torrents as well. cdimage site is getting hit hard as well.

Thanks!

[a2j]

Its flickering on and off due to high load.
Just get everyone to download from http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ to avoid hitting the site.

I got an image in 5 mins or so... installing already.

[Dragonbite]

It looks to be back up now (and updated)!

[shizz]

Torrents are incredibly slow

[CharlesA]

Torrents are incredibly slow

Going pretty fast for me. 1.5MB/sec down, which almost maxes out my connection.

[grahammechanical]

I do not understand the rush. The thing is going to be around for 5 years.

On the other hand I have been using 12.04 development branch since November. so, it is a bit old news for me.

[CharlesA]

I do not understand the rush. The thing is going to be around for 5 years.

On the other hand I have been using 12.04 development branch since November. so, it is a bit old news for me.
Release Day excitement maybe?

I'm going to seed it for a while, methinks.

[shizz]

Going pretty fast for me. 1.5MB/sec down, which almost maxes out my connection.
I'd say I'm avergaing 100kb/s :( although it did spike at one point.

EDIT: might be my connection though. I'm in the college library so a lot of people online.

[Dragonbite]

I'd say I'm avergaing 100kb/s :( although it did spike at one point.

EDIT: might be my connection though. I'm in the college library so a lot of people online.

Better than my home connection! I usually get closer to 77-80 kb/s with the occasional bump up to 100 before it drops right back down.

[OrangeCrate]

I do not understand the rush. The thing is going to be around for 5 years.

:)


On the other hand I have been using 12.04 development branch since November. so, it is a bit old news for me.

February for me, but, it is fun to watch all of the excitment. Personally, I'm just quietly waiting for the post freeze updates, to see if a couple things get straightened out. Overall, IMO, it's a really good release.

[rbernardes]

Xubuntu available now!
:popcorn:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

[Dragonbite]

February for me, but, it is fun to watch all of the excitment. Personally,

I like watching the excitement build but for some reason this release doesn't have the same "pizzazz" previous releases have had.

Although this seems true for many distribution releases so I am beginning to suspect it is due to a larger shift of the community, and not just Ubuntu (with users, the community and on the whole).

I didn't bring my laptop with me, so I am going to have to take my work laptop and see about downloading it during lunchtime ;)

[OrangeCrate]

I like watching the excitement build but for some reason this release doesn't have the same "pizzazz" previous releases have had.

Although this seems true for many distribution releases so I am beginning to suspect it is due to a larger shift of the community, and not just Ubuntu (with users, the community and on the whole).

Agreed.


I didn't bring my laptop with me, so I am going to have to take my work laptop and see about downloading it during lunchtime ;)

I don't know if you've played with it much, but, I'll bet you'll like it.

I only use LTS versions at the office, so, that box has only had Dapper, Hardy and Lucid. I'll update that computer to Precise, at the first point release (7/19).

This copy has been on my home computer since Alpha 2, and though it runs fine, the perils of running a dev release have take their toll. I'll wait for the excitement to calm down, and then when I have time, I'll refresh this machine.

[shizz]

This was my first proper release date so I was very excited for the build up. Made myself wait for the final ISO :) I might alpha and beta test in the future though.

[OrangeCrate]

This was my first proper release date so I was very excited for the build up. Made myself wait for the final ISO :) I might alpha and beta test in the future though.

Good for you. A lot of people around here will tell you to wait for the final, but, I don't buy that. How do you know not to pet the "nice doggie" without getting bit. Trial and error are the only way you're going to learn Linux completely.

Just be sure you backup your Home folder (just your personal stuff, not anything that has a "." in front of it), and prepare yourself to read a lot about what to do (and not to do), and also be prepared to reinstall often at first, until you start to get the dev process down.

To avoid vapor lock, please do be sure you have something that works for everyday use. Either another partition with Ubuntu or Windows, or another computer.

My suggestion is to jump in at the Beta stage, rather than the Alphas. They are not for the weak of heart, or IMHO, users new to the development process.

Good luck, and have fun.

:)

[mips]

Local mirror is steaming down at full speed, sorry for all you sufferers out there ;)

[GameX2]

Better than my home connection! I usually get closer to 77-80 kb/s with the occasional bump up to 100 before it drops right back down.

I get 55.9 KB/Sec! :P

*Only 2 hours left until I burn the CD*


This was my first proper release date so I was very excited for the build up. Made myself wait for the final ISO :) I might alpha and beta test in the future though.

Same for me, I discovered Linux with 11.04, in october. 11.10 was released a few weeks later, but I didn't upgraded, my PC's is too old for Unity. Although I do have 11.10 on my laptop, and I like it!