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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Choosing a mirror or not? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by poinck@lemmy.world to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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Do I need to choose a mirror for a server or a not moving computer to reduce the load on the central servers?

deb.debian.org is somehow load-balanced using a global CDN. Will this CDN-backed service pick the fasted mirror for me every time I update or will it just load-balance within the infrastructure of Debians main servers? The connection and download speed is not very different when choosing a mirror near me or just using the default.

I want to do what is best for the project.

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