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relic120
May 7th, 2008, 10:49 PM
I've noticed I have been getting very slow speeds when adding programs, doing updates or whatever. Anywhere from 4000B/s to 25kB/s

I did a speedtest and it checked out fine, this is the server I am downloading from:
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main

its like this:
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libkdepim1a 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3 [563kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libkcal2b 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3 [617kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main akregator 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3 [1378kB]

I am running "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

I'm new to this so don't slam me, I just want to make sure something isn't wrong.

Pumalite
May 7th, 2008, 11:18 PM
You can go to: System>Administration>Software Sources>Download From>Other>Let it choose the best for you.

relic120
May 8th, 2008, 01:10 AM
Worked like a charm, thank you so much!

Pumalite
May 8th, 2008, 02:39 AM
You are welcome. Good luck.

thrice upon a time
May 8th, 2008, 02:48 AM
Thanks. I have been wondering why my downloads and updates have mysteriously slowed to about 10k/sec for the last few days :(

Pumalite
May 8th, 2008, 02:56 AM
You are welcome. Happy Ubuntuing!