Browse Mirrored Content
Submitted by sjh on Wed, 2007-11-21 14:29.To browse the mirror and see what content is on here have a look at http://mirror.linux.org.au/browse or log in over ftp.
mirror.linux.org.au operating system upgraded
Submitted by apollock on Wed, 2008-03-12 15:42.Yesterday the Linux distribution that runs mirror.linux.org.au was upgraded to the latest stable release. As far as we can tell, everything's running fine, but if you're having a problem, please let us know by emailing the support alias.
mirror capacity increased
Submitted by apollock on Mon, 2007-01-01 11:47.The server that runs mirror.linux.org.au has been recently replaced, increasing its capacity by 1.5TB to 2.2TB
There have been a few teething problems with the transition, but most things should be sorted out now. Please email the admin alias if you discover any issues.
Many thanks to the Australian National University's Department of Computer Science, for their continued support.
Scheduled maintenance
Submitted by apollock on Tue, 2006-12-05 09:14.mirror.linux.org.au will be down between 9am and 5pm AEDT tomorrow (Wednesday, December 6) for a hardware upgrade that will increase its capacity.
Gentoo Portage and Rsync on the mirror
Submitted by sjh on Wed, 2006-08-09 20:31.The Linux Australia Mirror Project has today added a gentoo portage mirror (accessible via rsync) and with that has also opened up rsync access to mirrored content.
rsync mirror.linux.org.au::gentoo-x86-portage Gentoo Linux Portage tree
gentoo-portage Gentoo Linux Portage tree
debian Debian GNU/Linux
backports.org Backports.org mirror
pub Public mirror content
A lot of the content you may fetch via http or ftp is under the pub area
ubuntu-releases
LDP
gnoppix
kororaa
linux-mandocs
linux.conf.au
linux
livelamp
lug
podcasts
software
statistics
Linux Documentation Project mirror now available
Submitted by apollock on Fri, 2006-05-26 15:26.We're now carrying a mirror of The Linux Documentation Project's content, and it's available at
http://mirror.linux.org.au/LDP
We're moving
Submitted by apollock on Thu, 2006-02-16 02:30.Due to unforeseen circumstances, mirror.linux.org.au will be moving on Friday, from around 9:30am AEDT. We hope to have the mirror back online in its new location the same day, but cannot commit to a timeframe.
backports.org mirror online
Submitted by apollock on Sun, 2006-01-22 03:20.We're now carrying a mirror of backports.org
You can add
deb http://mirror.linux.org.au/backports.org/ sarge-backports main contrib non-free
or
deb ftp://mirror.linux.org.au/backports.org/ sarge-backports main contrib non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list
LCA 2005 CD ROM beta 1
Submitted by mikal on Wed, 2005-09-21 17:29.The first beta version of the LCA 2005 CD ROM is hosted here at http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux.conf.au/2005/cdrom-beta-1/. Feedback is encouraged -- please send it to mikal@stillhq.com.
kernel.org mirror now available
Submitted by apollock on Mon, 2005-09-19 20:18.We're now carrying a mirror of the Linux kernel, and it's available from
http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux
or
ftp://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux
We should get added into the ftp?.au.kernel.org and www?.au.kernel.org namespace soon.