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This is more like if Ubuntu's package repository went down regarding accepting new packages for a few days.

• dkuntz2 13y ago
  You need the official repositories to install new software?
  • 14113 13y ago
    No, you can download a .deb file from somewhere else and install it manually, or even just a .tar.gz with the binaries, or (if the software is open source) even get the source! Alternatively, as I posted above, there are a load of mirrors (over 400 iirc) of the ubuntu software repository.
    • dkuntz2 13y ago
      That's what I was getting at...
      • 14113 13y ago
        Ah, my mistake, hard to judge tone on the internet, etc, etc...
  • colanderman 13y ago
    Dunno about Ubuntu, but Debian has dozens of "unofficial" mirrors, not to mention their main package server balances amongst a bunch of servers.
• 14113 13y ago
  If all the mirrors of ubuntu's repository went down simultaneously, I'd be more worried about the internet itself than installing some new software