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 May 3 2008, 09:29 AM
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after giving it free access to the harddrive there were 136 upgrades. Synaptic to upgrade all of them.....It has taken three hours so far. Question....is that unusual? I'll let it run all night if I have to but seems like an awfully long time to me. Thanks |
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May 3 2008, 07:47 PM
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Are you on broadband or dial-up ? The biggest update I've done so far took about 20 min. on BB. You might switch repository's and see if that helps. -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"  |
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May 3 2008, 10:50 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 10-April 06 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 63,555 |
NO ONE, thanks.....yes I'm on cable broad band.....I don't know how to switch
repositories....any further help appreciated... EDIT: Thanks again....got it...I just took a stab at one of the repositories listed and it worked..... This post has been edited by joe883: May 3 2008, 11:20 PM |
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May 4 2008, 04:51 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Yeah, changing repository servers can have a dramatic affect on speed. I use one that's in Canada, rather than the main or main USA servers. Fewer people overall=faster downloads.
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May 5 2008, 07:58 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 766 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
You're welcome joe883, Glad that worked  I'm using "http://distro.ibiblio.org...." myself lately.-------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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 May 6 2008, 04:58 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 10-April 06 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 63,555 |
I don't find too many people using Mepis OS.....I like it over Ubuntu myself.
Yesterday and a good part of the evening I refigured Guard Dog (it was blocking my mail) Oh, I also have Thunderbird and Klam AV up and running.. |
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May 7 2008, 08:34 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 766 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
Have never tried Mepis OS , definitely didn't like Ubuntu, I think Kanotix 2005 used Guarddog (I ran it as live only) . Have you been to their forum at http://mepislovers.org/forums/index.php ? I use T-bird as well , have since 0.8.x (?) or there abouts. I've got Qtfprot, got it through Synaptic, instead of Klam, run it once a month or so when I'm bored. -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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May 7 2008, 10:20 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 10-April 06 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 63,555 |
I've looked at Mepislovers Forum and have now signed on.
Thanks for the info. |
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