New Zealand Linux Mirrors - Waikato Linux Users Group

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Please only download from these mirrors if you are in NewZealand, as many NewZealand hosts get charged for international traffic. It is worth getting the latest version of whatever distro you are after. This is so you get the current features and security fixes.

InNeedOfRefactor: too much clutter. A lot of information seems to be out of date. The raw list added at the bottom seems to list mirrors in too few categories judging by information from the top half of the page. But it's better as a list of "distro/project: mirrors" is more useful than a list of "mirror: distros/projects" if you're interested in finding things rather than informing yourself about specific mirrors. Any suggestions/ideas/updates? --AristotlePagaltzis

http://www.wlug.isp.fast.co.nz/ ftp://fast.co.nz -- Auckland Open Source Mirror - http://www.fast.co.nz

Mirrors most distros plus acts as a cvsup server for openbsd, netbsd & freebsd

ftp://fast.co.nz -- Wellington Open Source Mirror - http://www.fast.co.nz

Mirrors most distros plus acts as a cvsup server for openbsd, netbsd & freebsd

ftp://ftp.jetstreamgames.co.nz/ -- Xtra JetStreamGames

If you're a JetStream customer, you can log into DSL as user@jetstreamgames.co.nz and get free, up to 8mbit access to a regularly updated Debian mirror. (If you're not good with DNS, you might want to set your apt line to reference 203.96.91.1 instead).

ftp://linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz/ also has a Debian Portage mirror.

http://ftp.tranzpeer.net/ -- Attica

This was originally a huge mirror but the discs were needed for somethng else, so it's been reborn a bit quieter. Available to people whose ISPs peer at APE/WIX (most of them).

Has a Debian mirror, Debian Security mirror, some RedHat (at time of writing: 8.0/9.0) ISOs, Mandrake (9.1) ISO's and FreeBSD (4.7/5/5.1) ISOs.

http://www.debian.co.nz/

Run by wishes from #nzlinux on UnderNet.

ftp://debian.co.nz/ for Debian, Slackware 9, RedHat 8/9, Mandrake 9.1 and KnoppixLinux.

http://packages.debian.co.nz for Debian mirror.

ftp://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ -- CityLink Wellington

Mirrors Debian (ftp.nz.debian.org) and Gentoo, and has some base images for OpenBSD.

ftp://ftp.iconz.co.nz/pub/linux/debian/3.0r1/

Debian woody ISO images (all 7, including non-US).

ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz/ -- TelstraSaturnClearParadise.net

Debian, and not much else. Unchanged since September 2003.

ftp://ftp.wicks.co.nz/pub/linux/dist/ -- Wicks Technology Limited

RedHatLinux, Fedora, and WhiteBox?.

Note from site: Access to this mirror is restricted to .nz users only (please ensure your reverse dns entry is correct before emailing me !)

Restricted Mirrors

ftp://ftp.waikato.ac.nz/ -- Waikato University

Debian mirror is for stable (woody) and old stable (potato) only; Slackware mirror seems OK (

ftp://ftp.waikato.ac.nz/pub/slackware/). Unfortunately this mirror is only available for users within the University. Up until a month or two ago it was (unintentionally I think) available to all, but it has since been restricted.

ftp://ftp.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/pub/linux/distributions/ -- Canterbury University

Redhat 6.2, 7.0 - 7.3 (packages and ISOs). Note: only available on campus now.

ftp://ftp.orcon.net.nz/pub/Linux/dists/ -- Orcon

28/9/08: missing in action.

Corel Linux, OpenLinux, Peanut Linux, YellowDog.

ftp://ftp.orcon.net.nz/pub/mirrors/ has RedHat, Gentoo, Mandrake, Slackware and the LinuxKernel.

Australian Mirrors

Whatever it is, http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/ have it. RedHat (and Contrib/Security), Debian (and Non-US/Security), Slackware (and Security), Stampede, the LinuxKernel, KDE, GNOME, SuSE (updates only). sunsite.unc.edu (SunSite), ftp.linuxppc.org, GNU, Java for Linux, MySQL, Netscape, Mozilla and Cryptozilla.