= Available GNU/Linux and BSD Mirrors on Campus =

<ul><li> Campus Computing ==CS==The [[gp:Computer Science|Computer Science Department]] (CS) 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</li></ul>* Arch<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&amp;action=edit Gotgenes]* Rocky</dd><dd> '''Additional Note:''' To access via RSYNC, leave out /pub/ from the URL.* Cygwin</dd></dl>* Slackware<ul><li> The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute mirrors most of these large distibutions as well. A list of VBI mirrors is at * EPEL (an additional package repository for Enterprise Linux distros [httphttps://mirrorsfedoraproject.vbi.vt.edu/ http:org/wiki/mirrors.vbi.vt.edu/EPEL]</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&amp;action=edit Gotgenes]</dd></dl>VTTI==<ul><li> The Computer Science Department runs mirrors for VTTI currently hosts a few smallerdistributions of Linux, including Arch and Knoppix. Their mirrors areavailable at [httphttps://mirror.csvtti.vt.edu/ http:/site/mirror.cs.vt.edu/]</li></ul>= Using Campus Mirrors =* Ubuntu userswith many distro and software repositories, see [[and IPv6-accessable Ubuntu]]PPAs * Gentoo users, see ([[GentooUser:Telnoratti]]seems to run this now.)= Supported Instruction Set Architectures =<table border="1">It has OS dists for for:<tr>* Alma<th> Operating system distribution* Arch</th><th> Campus Computing mirror* CentOS</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* FreeBSD</td><td> i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64* IPFire</td><td>* OpenBSD</td></tr>* OpenSUSE<tr>* Raspbian<td> * Ubuntu</td><td> i386, amd64as well as software repos for</td><td> i386, amd64, powerpc, sparc* CPAN</td><td>* CRAN</td></tr>* EPEL<tr>* ROS<td> openSUSE¹</td><td>==ECE==<The [[gp:Electrical and Computer Engineering|Electrical and Computer Department]] mirror at [http:/td><td> i586, i686, x86_64</td><td><mirror.ece.vt.edu/td><http:/tr><tr><td> SUSE</td><td><mirror.ece.vt.edu/td><td> i586] has been down for quite some time now. Depending on the attitudes of the current ECE IT regime, 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></table>¹'''Note:''' The disc images include ppc in addition to i586 and x86_64running it could possibly be a VTLUUG project.