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    From bad sector@forgetski@INVALID.net to alt.os.linux.suse on Thu Jun 1 19:50:35 2023
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.suse


    ..from the time I click Software-Managment until
    Yast is ready with the dialog.

    Is this normal (at around 400 KiB/s)?

    It used to be MUCH faster than this, is it the
    yard-and-a-half long package names or URL's?



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  • From Andreas Hartmann@andihartmann@01019freenet.de to alt.os.linux.suse on Sat Sep 2 10:02:23 2023
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    On 02.06.23 at 01:50 bad sector wrote:

    ..from the time I click Software-Managment until
    Yast is ready with the dialog.

    Is this normal (at around 400 KiB/s)?

    The SuSE repository infrastructure is managed pretty badly. According my experience, they use a completely stupid round robin mechanism, pointing to servers around the world. I often can see here Russian(!) servers.

    Therefore, first thing I always do, is to replace all download.suse.org URLs with
    fast "direct" URLs located nearby for each repository.

    Regards,
    Andreas
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  • From Marco Moock@mo01@posteo.de to alt.os.linux.suse on Sat Sep 2 12:22:15 2023
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    Am 02.09.2023 um 10:02:23 Uhr schrieb Andreas Hartmann:

    On 02.06.23 at 01:50 bad sector wrote:

    ..from the time I click Software-Managment until
    Yast is ready with the dialog.

    Is this normal (at around 400 KiB/s)?

    The SuSE repository infrastructure is managed pretty badly. According
    my experience, they use a completely stupid round robin mechanism,
    pointing to servers around the world. I often can see here Russian(!) servers.

    As long as these servers are reachable and fast, I don't see a problem.

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  • From Carlos E. R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to alt.os.linux.suse on Sat Sep 2 09:37:40 2023
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.suse

    On 2023-09-02 04:02, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
    On 02.06.23 at 01:50 bad sector wrote:

    ..from the time I click Software-Managment until
    Yast is ready with the dialog.

    Is this normal (at around 400 KiB/s)?

    The SuSE repository infrastructure is managed pretty badly. According my experience, they use a completely stupid round robin mechanism, pointing
    to servers around the world. I often can see here Russian(!) servers.

    No, it is not a roundrobin.

    It is an algorithm that tries to geolocate you and give you mirrors near
    to your geographically location, if they exist. This is known to fail
    for some people, but you can report it.

    And it has been changed recently to a new system that I can not
    describe, still early days. So, if you have problems, report them.


    Therefore, first thing I always do, is to replace all download.suse.org
    URLs with fast "direct" URLs located nearby for each repository.
    That's fine.
    --
    Cheers,
    Carlos E.R.

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