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Posted by KMyers, 04-26-2012, 09:15 AM
Hello All,
It looks like Ubuntu is seeing an overwhelming response to the release of 12.04 today. Their site has been down for almost an hour and I am having a real hard time hitting their repos.
Posted by DeltaAnime, 04-26-2012, 09:19 AM
The torrents have been hitting pretty hard.

I got the 4 main torrents pushing around 1.5MB/sec on each with spikes to a full 100mbit.

Francisco
Posted by KMyers, 04-26-2012, 09:22 AM
Just a warning to anyone who is planning to do a dist-upgrade. Give it a few hours to calm down. It is going painfully slow on my laptop.

Edit : If you need the 64 bit version, this link seems to be working really well - http://d3qnbzt7ix5jlv.cloudfront.net...ktop-amd64.iso
Posted by Henrik, 04-26-2012, 03:09 PM
Surely waiting some day or two for the first rush to settle too.
Posted by sentabi, 04-26-2012, 03:44 PM
loads here, still downloading ubuntu 12.04
Posted by KMyers, 04-26-2012, 03:47 PM
Ubuntu.com has been back for a few hours. The torrents and repos are still getting hit hard
Posted by FTN-Ethan, 04-26-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by KMyers

Ubuntu.com has been back for a few hours. The torrents and repos are still getting hit hard

Confirmed, looks like the new release is red hot right now .
Posted by cloudrck, 04-26-2012, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FTN-Ethan

Confirmed, looks like the new release is red hot right now .

As they always are, thats why they have mirrors.
Posted by qualityhostin, 04-26-2012, 06:35 PM
You would think they would anticipate this and get the proper infrastructure ahead of time.
Posted by shovenose, 04-26-2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by qualityhostin

You would think they would anticipate this and get the proper infrastructure ahead of time.

I was thinking EXACTLY this - Canonical is big enough they would have proper infrastructure!
Posted by SajanP, 04-26-2012, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by qualityhostin

You would think they would anticipate this and get the proper infrastructure ahead of time.

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Originally Posted by shovenose

I was thinking EXACTLY this - Canonical is big enough they would have proper infrastructure!

lol. Big enough, maybe. It's still being released for free. Nobody can complain.
Posted by Matt R, 04-26-2012, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sajanNOPPIX

lol. Big enough, maybe. It's still being released for free. Nobody can complain.

But people will anyway.

"FREE software, but I need to wait a few hours for the tubes to unclog? How dare they!?!? WE WILL DESTROY THEM!"
Posted by cloudrck, 04-26-2012, 08:20 PM
There are mirrors for both the release and repos. Not to mention you can torrent the release. I dont see what the problem is, this happened's every release.
Posted by XTremo, 04-27-2012, 04:49 AM
There's always a huge hit on their servers at new release time....even more so on this one because it's an LTS.

But all seems to have settled down today.
Posted by Mad_matt, 04-27-2012, 08:24 AM
am i the only one that waits for the mint version to come out? For me the day ubuntu comes out usually marks the countdown to the mint edition being released
Posted by KMyers, 04-27-2012, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad_matt

am i the only one that waits for the mint version to come out? For me the day ubuntu comes out usually marks the countdown to the mint edition being released

Your not the only one waiting for a fresh release of Mint. I normally run mint on all of my personal stuff (and stock Ubuntu + Gnome on one of my work machines).
Posted by shovenose, 04-27-2012, 10:12 AM
Linux Mint is a great option too, I agree. Even though I don't neccessarily agree with some of the choices they make, it's tons better than Unity, and the wonder of Linux is everything can be changed to perfection!