IIT-Madras mirrors tons of linux goodies - ftp.iitm.ac.in

["Ravikant K. Rao" <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ilugc guys : this is fyi.
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Hi,

	This was all discussed on the ilug-c mailing list ages ago,
but while on irc.linux-india.org, I discovered that none of the
non-madrasis knew about the fact that IIT-M has invested in a mirror
for linux goodies in madras.

	As of right now, they mirror debian stable, redhat iso +
security-updates , and are also the official mirrors of ftp.ssh.com in
india .. and I asked for a wishlist for them to mirror ftp.kernel.org
for the linux-kernel ... they also have star office lying around... 

	Dr.Sriram is the ftp master of ftp.iitm.ac.in, I think, and is
reachable at sriram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or head@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx = Many
thanks to him.

	Also, ftp.iitm.ac.in is limited currently to a max. of 50
connections at a given moment, with a max. of only 3 connects per IP
address so one guy doesn't hog all the b/w.

	I have attached my sources.list incase anyone is
interested. 
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deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/linux/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/linux/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
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	Please see the archives of ilug-c regarding this, in
particular : http://lists.linux-india.org/lists/ilug-c/200101/msg00214.html

	Might I ask that someone subscribed to both LIG and LIH
forward this mail to LIH for the information/knowledge of junta? 

	Cheers,

	-ravi.