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There is a file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist which lists all of the available mirrors.
There is a file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist which lists all of the available mirrors.


There is another file called /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf that by default is configured to re-write your mirrorlist in a list with the fastest at the top, descending to the slowest, when the system is given the Terminal command:
There is another file called /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf that by default is configured to re-write your mirrorlist in a list with the fastest at the top, descending to the slowest, when the system is given the terminal command:


  sudo pacman-mirrors -g
  sudo pacman-mirrors -g
However this command does '''NOT''' guarantee you have an '''up-to-date mirrors''.
The recommended and preferred way to ensure you get a mirrorlist which has up-to-date mirrors is to always use the '''-f{number}''' argument
sudo pacman-mirrors -f10


This is a remarkably streamlined system compared to the ways that it has been in the past for the pacman rolling release system to manage its mirrors, let alone to rank their speed.
This is a remarkably streamlined system compared to the ways that it has been in the past for the pacman rolling release system to manage its mirrors, let alone to rank their speed.


=How do we get more mirrors?=
=How do we get more mirrors?=
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