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=GNU/Linux and BSD Mirrors on Campus=
Virginia Tech hosts mirrors for several distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, and Gentoo.
 
==Campus Computing==
[[Campus Computing]] (CC) mirrors are available at [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/ http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/] They host mirrors for Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora, OpenSUSE and a number of other more popular distributions
'''Note:''' To access via RSYNC, leave out /pub/ from the URL.
 
==VBI==
The [[Virginia Bioinformatics Institute]] (VBI) mirrors most of these large distibutions as well. A list of VBI mirrors is at [http://mirrors.vbi.vt.edu/ http://mirrors.vbi.vt.edu/].
 
'''Note:''' These servers tend to have good uptime and excellent transfer speeds.
==CS==
The [[gp:Computer Science|Computer Science Department]] (CS) runs a relatively old machine that mirrors for a few smaller distributions of Linux, including Arch and Knoppix. Their mirrors are available at [httphttps://mirror.cs.vt.edu/ httphttps://mirror.cs.vt.edu/].==ECE==It hasThe Electrical and Computer Engineering 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 * Rocky* Cygwin* Slackware* EPEL (an additional package repository for Gentoo and Ubuntu as well: Enterprise Linux distros [httphttps://cvlws02fedoraproject.ece.vt.eduorg/wiki/EPEL]
=Direct Links===Free Software ApplicationsVTTI==Several Free Software applications are mirroredVTTI currently hosts a [https://mirror.vtti.vt.edu/site/ mirror] with many distro and software repositories, and IPv6-accessable Ubuntu PPAs
===Firefox===* ([[httpUser://mirror.cc.vtTelnoratti]] seems to run this now.edu/pub/mozilla/firefox/releases/latest/ Latest version] (CC)
===Thunderbird===It has OS dists for for:* Alma* Arch* CentOS* Debian* Fedora* FreeBSD* IPFire* [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/mozilla/thunderbird/releases/latest/ Latest version] (CC)OpenBSD* OpenSUSE* Raspbian* Ubuntuas well as software repos for* CPAN* CRAN* EPEL* ROS
==Linux DistributionsECE==The installation disk images can be somewhat hard to find. Direct links to the current disk image folder for the following Linux distributions are provided for your convenience. ===Arch===* [http[gp://cvlws02.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/iso/latest/ LatestElectrical and Computer Engineering|Electrical and Computer Department]] (ECE)* Server line: Server = http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch** Updated every 4 hours* at [http://mirror.csece.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.ccece.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/current-iso/ Current x86 ISO] (CC) ===openSUSE=== ===Ubuntu=== ===Sabayon===* [http://mirror.cs.vthas been down for quite 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> openSUSE<sup>1</sup></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> <sup>1</sup>'''Note:''' The disc images include ppc in addition to i586 and x86_64running it could possibly be a VTLUUG project.
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