==Campus ComputingCS==The [[gp:Campus ComputingComputer Science|Campus ComputingComputer Science Department]] (CCCS) runs mirrors are available at [httphttps://mirror.cccs.vt.edu/ httphttps://mirror.cccs.vt.edu/] They host mirrors for Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora, OpenSUSE and a number of other more popular distributions.It has* Arch'''Note:''' To access via RSYNC, leave out /pub/ from the URL.* Rocky* Cygwin==VBI==* SlackwareThe [[gp:Virginia Bioinformatics Institute|Virginia Bioinformatics Institute]] * EPEL (VBI) mirrors most of these large distibutions as well. A list of VBI mirrors is at an additional package repository for Enterprise Linux distros [httphttps://mirrorsfedoraproject.vbi.vt.eduorg/ http://mirrors.vbi.vt.eduwiki/EPEL].

'''Note==VTTI==VTTI currently hosts a [https:''' These servers tend to have good uptime //mirror.vtti.vt.edu/site/ mirror] with many distro and excellent transfer speeds.software repositories, and IPv6-accessable Ubuntu PPAs

==CS==The ([[gpUser:Computer Science|Computer Science DepartmentTelnoratti]] (CSseems to run this now.) runs a relatively old machine that mirrors for a few smaller distributions of GNU/Linux, including Arch and Knoppix. Their mirrors are available at [http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/ http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/].

Users may note that while the 2010.5 installer includes this mirror, the one at httpIt has OS dists for for://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/ is much more up to date.* Alma* Arch* CentOS* Debian* Fedora* FreeBSD* IPFire* OpenBSD* OpenSUSE* Raspbian* Ubuntuas well as software repos for* CPAN* CRAN* EPEL* ROS

The [[gp:Electrical and Computer Engineering|Electrical and Computer Department]] now has a machine that currently mirrors all of Arch Linux, and is kept much more up to date than the CS mirror. Soon it'll have mirroring for Gentoo and Ubuntu as well: at [http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/] =Direct Links===Free Software Applications==Several Free Software applications are mirrored. ===Firefox===* [http://mirror.ccece.vt.edu/pub/mozilla/firefox/releases/latest/ Latest version] (CC) ===Thunderbird===* [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/mozilla/thunderbird/releases/latest/ Latest version] (CC) ==GNU/Linux Distributions==The installation disk images can be somewhat hard to find. Direct links to the current disk image folder has been down for the following GNU/Linux distributions are provided for your convenience. ===Arch===* [http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/iso/latest/ Latest] (ECE)* Server line: Server = http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch** Updated every hour* [http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/iso/2009.08/ 2009.08] (CS) ===Fedora===* [http://mirrors.vbi.vt.edu/mirrors/linux/fedora/releases/11/Live/ 11] (VBI) ===Gentoo===* [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/current-iso/ Current x86 ISO] (CC) ===openSUSE=== ===Ubuntu=== ===Sabayon===* [http://mirror.cs.vtquite some time now.edu/pub/SabayonLinux/ All versions] (CS) =Package Manager Use=* To set up Ubuntu sync apt-get with Depending on-campus mirrors, see the [[Ubuntu]] distribution guide.* To set up emerge on Gentoo to use on-campus mirrors, see attitudes of the [[Gentoo]] distribution guide. =Supported Instruction Set Architectures=<table border="1"><tr><th> Operating system distribution</th><th> Campus Computing mirror</th><th> VBI mirror</th><th> Computer Science mirror</th><th> current ECE mirror</th></tr><tr><td> Debian</td><td> i386IT regime, amd64, ia64</td><td> i386, armel</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Fedora</td><td> i386, x86_64</td><td> i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Ubuntu</td><td> i386, amd64</td><td> i386, amd64, powerpc, sparc</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> openSUSE¹</td><td></td><td> i586, i686, x86_64</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> SUSE</td><td></td><td> i586, i686, x86_64, ppc, ppc64</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> MEPIS</td><td></td><td></td><td> i686, x86_64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> CentOS</td><td> i386, x86_64</td><td> i386, x86_64</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Red Hat</td><td> i386, x86_64</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Gentoo</td><td> x86</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Sabayon</td><td></td><td></td><td> x86, x86_64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Arch</td><td></td><td></td><td> i686, x86_64</td><td> i686, x86_64</td></tr><tr><td> Slackware</td><td></td><td> i486, x86_64 (Slamd64), arm (ARMedslack)</td><td> i386, i486, x86_64 (Slackware64)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> FreeBSD</td><td> i386, ia64</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table> ¹'''Note:''' The disc images include ppc in addition to i586 and x86_64running it could possibly be a VTLUUG project.