I won't discuss about some complex Internet tweaking here, not that I know any :)
Just a simple way to get the fastest speed you can get to download updates for your Ubuntu. How?

• Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources
• On the Ubuntu Software Tab, pick Other on Download From section,
• Click Select Best Server, let it run to do some testing to determine which server will be the best to download from your location,
• After that click Choose Server

See picture below.

If you think that your best server is the one that located near you, think again. I live in Indonesia and there are several servers listed near my town just a few kilometers away, yet my best server location according to this test is further in Malaysia, i.e: http://ubuntu.mmu.edu.my/ubuntu.
I wonder why...



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