An addition to your mirrors page for netselect users

[Mike F.]

Dear Sir or Madam,

A small addition to your webpage could speed up many people's downloads, and
probably balance the load on your file servers.

I found the kde download slow going when using the download.kde.org to
upgrade my Debian KDE2.2 to KDE3.1.1.  (Being stuck on dial-up access is a
bugger.)  Rather than pick a random mirror and hope for something faster, I removed
all the non-url info from your mirrors page and used net-select to
automatically pick the fastest.

If you could included the instructions and text below as a side-bar on your
page (easy to cut-and-paste,) it will speed up people's upgrade as well as
balance your load better between all the servers hosting these files.

--- begin instructions for netselect users ---
1.  Save this list of files as a text document with FILENAME
2.  From the command line type 'netselect -vv $(cat FILENAME)'
3.  The server mentioned has the fastest and most reliable response.  Use
that address to download KDE.

4.  (debian suggestion: after finding the fastest mirror, add 'deb
<mirror>/stable/3.1.1/stable/Debianto woody main' to your /etc/apt/sources.list. 
(Feel free to substitute some other version for 3.1.1 or woody, of course.)  Then
a simple 'apt-get update && apt-get install kdebase' will install KDE and
any missing dependencies.  Note:  Some Debian systems may require you to
comment out other KDE sources or prioritize them in your apt.conf file.)
--- end instructions ---

--- begin netselect text-file list of mirrors ---
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/desktops/kde
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde
ftp://mirrors.midco.net/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/kde
ftp://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://download.au.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://download.at.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.eu.uu.net/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.tiscali.nl/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.kde.org
ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/kde
ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/KDE
ftp://download.tw.kde.org/pub/kde

ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/kde
ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.de.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/X11/gui/kde
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/x11/kde
ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/X11/kde
ftp://ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/unix/kde
ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/kde
ftp://filepile.tiscali.de/mirror/kde
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/kde
ftp://ftp.fh-dortmund.de/pub/unix/kde.mirror
ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/unix/kde
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/kde
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/kde
ftp://files.akl.lt/kde/"
ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.se.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.dataplus.se/pub/linux/kde
ftp://ftp.duth.gr/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/unix/KDE
ftp://ftp.kde.org.yu/mirrors/ftp.kde.org
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/pub/mirror/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.easynet.be/kde
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/X11/kde
ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/X11/kde
ftp://ftp.linux.is/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.eq.uc.pt/pub/software/unix/KDE
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.net.lut.ac.uk/kde
ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.uk.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.digsys.bg/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.lbi.ro/pub/Linux/KDE
ftp://ftp.tuiasi.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/X11/kde
ftp://ftp.cronyx.ru/pub/mirror/kde
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com.cn/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.dll.com.hk/pub/mirrors/KDE
ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/KDE
ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/KDE
ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/linux/X/kde
ftp://linux.sarang.net/mirror/desktop/kde
ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/tools/X11/kde
ftp://kde.linux.org.tw/pub/kde/
http://mirror.leafbug.org/kde/kdestableftp/
ftp://ftp.na.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/sites/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/desktops/kde
ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/kde
ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde
ftp://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.approbation.org/pub/mirrors/kde
ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/kde
ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/linux/kde

http://kde.fusionlinux.com.ar/
http://kde.planetmirror.com/
http://www.at.kde.org/
http://kde.flug.fo
http://kde-mirror.worldakt.com
http://kde.ziobudda.net
http://kde.nucba.ac.jp
http://kde.mirror.or.kr/
http://www.lt.kde.org/
http://www.my.kde.org/
http://www.kde.ps.pl
http://www.pt.kde.org
http://kde.rinet.ru
http://www.se.kde.org
http://kde.fredan.org
http://www.uk.kde.org
http://kde.uk.themoes.org
http://kde.us.themoes.org
http://kde.pandmservices.com
http://kde.virtuallyontheweb.com
http://kde.oregonstate.edu

--- end text-file mirror list ---

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