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authorHeike Jurzik <post@heikejurzik.de>2022-05-24 17:07:40 +0200
committerThomas Lange <lange@debian.org>2022-06-12 21:47:43 +0200
commit56be86f310c69dad02c56ad6a747744c555b7531 (patch)
tree4ed317d0ce72642322c1c6b8fc51ac9947385ac8 /english/mirror
parent40fef20783c16a860bd0f81fc28f1f7588875cbc (diff)
fixes typo in donations, new layout for the mirror pages
Diffstat (limited to 'english/mirror')
-rw-r--r--english/mirror/index.wml45
-rw-r--r--english/mirror/list.wml47
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/english/mirror/index.wml b/english/mirror/index.wml
index 58fa33447d3..89c8dd55668 100644
--- a/english/mirror/index.wml
+++ b/english/mirror/index.wml
@@ -1,37 +1,34 @@
-#use wml::debian::template title="Debian mirrors" BARETITLE="true"
+#use wml::debian::template title="Debian Mirrors" MAINPAGE="true"
-<p>Debian is distributed all around the world using mirrors
-in order to provide users with better access to our archive.</p>
+<link href="$(HOME)/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
-<p>The following Debian archives are mirrored:</p>
+<aside>
+<p><span class="fas fa-caret-right fa-3x"></span> Debian mirrors are maintained by volunteers. If you are in the position to donate disk space and connectivity, please consider creating a mirror to make Debian more accessible. For more information, please visit <a href="ftpmirror">this page</a>.<p>
+</aside>
+
+<p>Debian is distributed (aka mirrored) on hundreds of servers worldwide, all offering the same content.
+This way we can provide better access to our archive.</p>
+
+<p>You can find the following content on our mirror servers:</p>
<dl>
-<dt><strong>Debian packages</strong> (<code>debian/</code>)</dt>
- <dd>The Debian package pool -- this includes the vast majority of .deb
- packages, the installation materials and the sources.
+<dt><strong>Debian Packages</strong> (<code>debian/</code>)</dt>
+ <dd>The Debian package pool: this includes the vast majority of <code>.deb</code>
+ packages, installation material, and the sources.
<br>
- See the list of <a href="list">Debian mirrors that include the
- <code>debian/</code> archive</a>.
+ See the list of <a href="list">Debian mirrors</a> that include the
+ <code>debian/</code> archive.
</dd>
-<dt><strong>CD images</strong> (<code>debian-cd/</code>)</dt>
+<dt><strong>CD Images</strong> (<code>debian-cd/</code>)</dt>
<dd>The repository of CD images: Jigdo files and ISO image files.
<br>
- See the list of <a href="$(HOME)/CD/http-ftp/#mirrors">Debian mirrors that
- include the <code>debian-cd/</code> archive</a>.
+ See the list of <a href="$(HOME)/CD/http-ftp/#mirrors">Debian mirrors</a> that
+ include the <code>debian-cd/</code> archive.
</dd>
-<dt><strong>Old releases</strong> (<code>debian-archive/</code>)</dt>
- <dd>The archive of old released versions of Debian.
+<dt><strong>Old Releases</strong> (<code>debian-archive/</code>)</dt>
+ <dd>The archive of older Debian versions, released in the past.
<br>
- See <a href="$(HOME)/distrib/archive">Distribution Archives</a>
+ See <a href="$(HOME)/distrib/archive">Distribution archives</a>
for more information.
</dd>
</dl>
-
-<h2>Information for mirror owners</h2>
-
-<p>Debian mirrors are maintained by volunteers, so if there are no good mirrors
-near you and you are in a position to donate disk space and connectivity,
-consider creating a mirror and contribute to making Debian more accessible.
-See the pages on <a href="ftpmirror">setting up a mirror of the Debian
-archive</a> for more information about mirroring.</p>
-
diff --git a/english/mirror/list.wml b/english/mirror/list.wml
index 24811ad7440..c674426c34b 100644
--- a/english/mirror/list.wml
+++ b/english/mirror/list.wml
@@ -1,35 +1,41 @@
-#use wml::debian::template title="Debian worldwide mirror sites" BARETITLE=true
+#use wml::debian::template title="Debian Mirrors (worldwide)" MAINPAGE="true"
-<p>Debian is distributed (<em>mirrored</em>) on hundreds of
-servers on the Internet. Using a nearby server will probably speed up
-your download, and also reduce the load on our central servers and
-on the Internet as a whole.</p>
+<link href="$(HOME)/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+
+<ul class="toc">
+ <li><a href="#per-country">Debian Mirrors per Country</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#complete-list">Complete List of Mirrors</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<aside>
+<p><span class="fas fa-caret-right fa-3x"></span> Debian is distributed (<a href="https://www.debian.org/mirror/">mirrored</a>) on hundreds of servers. If you're planning to <a href="../download">download</a> Debian, try a server nearby first. This will probably be faster and also reduce the load on our central servers.<p>
+</aside>
<p class="centerblock">
- Debian mirrors exist in many countries, and for some we have
- added a <code>ftp.&lt;country&gt;.debian.org</code> alias. This
+ Debian mirrors exist in many countries, and for some of them we have
+ added a <code>ftp.&lt;country&gt;.debian.org</code> alias. This
alias usually points to a mirror that syncs regularly and quickly
- and carries all of Debian's architectures. The debian archive
- is always available via <code>HTTP</code> at the <code>/debian</code>
+ and carries all of Debian's architectures. The Debian archive
+ is always available via HTTP at the <code>/debian</code>
location on the server.
</p>
<p class="centerblock">
- Other <strong>mirror sites</strong> may have restrictions on what
+ Other mirror sites may have restrictions on what
they mirror (due to space restrictions). Just because a site is not the
- country's <code>ftp.&lt;country&gt;.debian.org</code> does not necessarily
- mean that it is any slower or less up to date than the
+ country's <code>ftp.&lt;country&gt;.debian.org</code>, does not necessarily
+ mean that it is any slower or less up-to-date than the
<code>ftp.&lt;country&gt;.debian.org</code> mirror.
In fact, a mirror that carries your architecture and is closer to you as the
user and, therefore, faster, is almost always preferable to other mirrors
that are farther away.
</p>
-<p>Use the site closest to you for the fastest downloads possible
+<p>Use the site closest to you for the fastest downloads possible—
whether it is a per-country mirror alias or not.
The program
<a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/net/netselect">\
-<em>netselect</em></a> can be used to
+<code>netselect</code></a> can be used to
determine the site with the least latency; use a download program such as
<a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/web/wget">\
<em>wget</em></a> or
@@ -43,15 +49,10 @@ If your system moves around a lot, you may be best served by a "mirror"
that is backed by a global <abbr title="Content Delivery Network">CDN</abbr>.
The Debian project maintains
<code>deb.debian.org</code> for this
-purpose and you can use this in your apt sources.list &mdash; consult
-<a href="http://deb.debian.org/">the service's website for details</a>.
-
-<p>
-Everything else you want to know about Debian mirrors:
-<url "https://www.debian.org/mirror/">.
-</p>
+purpose, and you can use this in your <code>sources.list</code>—consult
+the service's <a href="http://deb.debian.org/">website</a> for details.
-<h2 class="center">Debian per-country mirror aliases</h2>
+<h2 id="per-country">Debian Mirrors per Country</h2>
<table border="0" class="center">
<tr>
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ Everything else you want to know about Debian mirrors:
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/mirror/list-primary.inc"
</table>
-<h2 class="center">List of mirrors of the Debian archive</h2>
+<h2 id="complete-list">Complete List of Mirrors</h2>
<table border="0" class="center">
<tr>

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