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Ubuntu: Automatically selecting a fast mirror

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Letting Ubuntu pick the apt-get mirror closest to you is pretty easy.

Just add these mirror directives to the top of /etc/apt/sources.list and you’re good to go:

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deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse