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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:
-This section provides guides on how to:
+* Your internet connection
+* The speed of the server itself, and
+* The proximity of the server to you (i.e. how close or how far away it is)
+Barring 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
+* France
+* Germany
+* Greece
+* United Kingdom
+* United States
-* Set different Manjaro servers for the fastest download speeds
-* Access the Manjaro ''Testing'' and ''Unstable'' software repositories for the latest cutting and bleeding-edge software, and
-* Access the community-maintained Arch User Repository (AUR) for a wider range of software