Debian mirrors exist in many countries, and for some of them we have
added a ftp.<country>.debian.org 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 HTTP at the /debian
location on the server.
Other mirror sites may have restrictions on what
they mirror (due to space restrictions). Just because a site is not the
country's ftp.<country>.debian.org, does not necessarily
mean that it is any slower or less up-to-date than the
ftp.<country>.debian.org 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.
Use the site closest to you for the fastest downloads possible—
whether it is a per-country mirror alias or not.
The program
\
netselect-apt can be used to
determine the site with the least latency; use a download program such as
\
wget or
\
rsync for determining the site with the most throughput.
Note that geographic proximity often isn't the most important factor for
determining which machine will serve you best.
If your system moves around a lot, you may be best served by a "mirror"
that is backed by a global CDN.
The Debian project maintains
deb.debian.org for this
purpose, and you can use this in your sources.list—consult
the service's website for details.
| Country | Site | Architectures |
|---|
| Host name | HTTP | Architectures |
|---|