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= Available Linux and BSD Mirrors on Campus =
Virginia Tech hosts mirrors for several distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, and Gentoo.
<ul><li> Campus Computing 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
</li></ul>
<dl><dd> '''Note:''' Unfortunately, these mirrors tend to be unresponsive; I do not recommend them. -[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Gotgenes&action=edit Gotgenes]
</dd><dd> '''Additional Note:''' To access via RSYNC, leave out /pub/ from the URL.
</dd></dl>
<ul><li> The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 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/]
</li></ul>
<dl><dd> '''Note:''' These servers tend to have good uptime and excellent transfer speeds. I recommend them. -[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Gotgenes&action=edit Gotgenes]
</dd></dl>
<ul><li> The Computer Science Department runs mirrors for a few smaller
distributions of Linux, including Arch and Knoppix. Their mirrors are
available at [http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/ http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/]
</li></ul>
= Using Campus Mirrors =
<ul><li> Ubuntu users, see [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_Ubuntu VT Ubuntu]
</li><li> Gentoo users, see [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_Gentoo VT Gentoo]
</li></ul>
= Supported Instruction Set Architectures =
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th> Operating system distribution
</th><th> Campus Computing mirror
</th><th> VBI mirror
</th><th> Computer Science mirror
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Debian
</td><td> i386, amd64, ia64
</td><td> i386, armel
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Fedora
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td> i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Ubuntu
</td><td> i386, amd64
</td><td> i386, amd64, powerpc, sparc
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> openSUSE<sup>1</sup>
</td><td>
</td><td> i586, i686, x86_64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> SUSE
</td><td>
</td><td> i586, i686, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> MEPIS
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> i686, x86-64
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> CentOS
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Red Hat
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Gentoo
</td><td> x86
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Sabayon
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> x86, x86-64
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Arch
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> i686
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Slackware
</td><td>
</td><td> i486, x86_64 (Slamd64), arm (ARMedslack)
</td><td> i386, i486, x86_64 (Slackware64)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> FreeBSD
</td><td> i386, ia64
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<sup>1</sup>'''Note:''' The disc images include ppc in addition to i586 and x86_64
Virginia Tech hosts mirrors for several distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, and Gentoo.
<ul><li> Campus Computing 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
</li></ul>
<dl><dd> '''Note:''' Unfortunately, these mirrors tend to be unresponsive; I do not recommend them. -[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Gotgenes&action=edit Gotgenes]
</dd><dd> '''Additional Note:''' To access via RSYNC, leave out /pub/ from the URL.
</dd></dl>
<ul><li> The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 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/]
</li></ul>
<dl><dd> '''Note:''' These servers tend to have good uptime and excellent transfer speeds. I recommend them. -[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Gotgenes&action=edit Gotgenes]
</dd></dl>
<ul><li> The Computer Science Department runs mirrors for a few smaller
distributions of Linux, including Arch and Knoppix. Their mirrors are
available at [http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/ http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/]
</li></ul>
= Using Campus Mirrors =
<ul><li> Ubuntu users, see [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_Ubuntu VT Ubuntu]
</li><li> Gentoo users, see [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_Gentoo VT Gentoo]
</li></ul>
= Supported Instruction Set Architectures =
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th> Operating system distribution
</th><th> Campus Computing mirror
</th><th> VBI mirror
</th><th> Computer Science mirror
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Debian
</td><td> i386, amd64, ia64
</td><td> i386, armel
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Fedora
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td> i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Ubuntu
</td><td> i386, amd64
</td><td> i386, amd64, powerpc, sparc
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> openSUSE<sup>1</sup>
</td><td>
</td><td> i586, i686, x86_64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> SUSE
</td><td>
</td><td> i586, i686, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> MEPIS
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> i686, x86-64
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> CentOS
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Red Hat
</td><td> i386, x86_64
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Gentoo
</td><td> x86
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Sabayon
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> x86, x86-64
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Arch
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td><td> i686
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Slackware
</td><td>
</td><td> i486, x86_64 (Slamd64), arm (ARMedslack)
</td><td> i386, i486, x86_64 (Slackware64)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> FreeBSD
</td><td> i386, ia64
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<sup>1</sup>'''Note:''' The disc images include ppc in addition to i586 and x86_64