Last Updated on September 30, 2010 by Dave Farquhar
apt-sources downloads a current list of Debian mirrors and benchmarks them, then writes an /etc/apt/apt-sources file for you, thus giving you an up-to-date and fastest-possible source of downloads.
It takes a while to run but if you do a lot of apt-getting, it’s likely to be worthwhile.
David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.