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The official Manjaro repositories (also known as ''mirrors'') are hosted on ''Software Servers''. Physically located throughout the world, these servers are responsible for receiving requests for software packages via the terminal and/or pacman-gui, and consequently delivering them to your system. There are therefore three primary factors that will determine how fast your downloads are: | The official Manjaro repositories (also known as ''mirrors'') are hosted on ''Software Servers''. Physically located throughout the world, these servers are responsible for receiving requests for software packages via the terminal and/or pacman-gui, and consequently delivering them to your system. There are therefore three primary factors that will determine how fast your downloads are: | ||
* Your internet connection | * Your internet connection | ||
* The speed of the server itself, and | * The speed of the server itself, and | ||
* The proximity of the server to you | * The proximity of the server to you, that is, how close or how far away it is. | ||
Other than upgrading your internet package or switching providers, it is therefore, potentially possible to improve the speed of downloads from the Manjaro repositories by selecting a different server to use. Servers are currently located in the following countries: | |||
* Brazil | * Brazil | ||
* France | * France | ||
* Germany | * Germany | ||
* Greece | * Greece | ||
* United | * United Kingdom | ||
* United States | * United States | ||
Those who installed Manjaro 0.8.2 using the '''[[Installation_Guide_for_Beginners_0.8.2|Installation Guide for Beginners]]''' will have had the United Kingdom server set by default, irrespective of their actual country of residence. | Those who installed Manjaro 0.8.2 using the '''[[Installation_Guide_for_Beginners_0.8.2|Installation Guide for Beginners]]''' will have had the United Kingdom server set by default, irrespective of their actual country of residence. Therefore, users living in the United States may consequently achieve better results by switching to the U.S. server. Two methods to switch servers are available. The first is to manually determine the server to use, as is provided in this guide. The second is to use the ''Rankmirrors'' command to automatically determine and set the fastest possible server on your behalf, provided in the '''[[Rankmirrors to Set the Fastest Download Server|Use Rankmirrors to Set the Fastest Download Server]]''' guide. | ||
{{note|The closest server may not always necessarily be the fastest!}} | {{note|The closest server may not always necessarily be the fastest!}} | ||
= Step 1: Changing Servers = | = Step 1: Changing Servers = | ||