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One thing I can’t stand is waiting on software to download.  I mean, I have a blazingly fast internet connection and I expect everything I do to be blazingly fast also.  So, one thing I noticed was my backbox linux installation was taking forever to download updates.  Looking into why, I noticed there were static addresses used in the /etc/apt/sources.list for ubuntu software repositories.

So here is how to fix it so that you always get the mirror closest to you:

Open your /etc/apt/sources.list in the editor of your choice.

Replace the contents with this (The lines I commented out have ###  edw in them):

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# deb cdrom:[BackBox Linux 3.0]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/

# deb cdrom:[BackBox Linux 3.0]/ dists/precise/multiverse/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[BackBox Linux 3.0]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[BackBox Linux 3.0]/ dists/precise/universe/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[BackBox Linux 3.0]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
##### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
##### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
### edw deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
### edw deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
### edw deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
### edw deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
### edw deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
### edw deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
### edw deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
### edw deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

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After that is completed, save it.

Then run:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

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Your downloads from ubuntu repositories will now use the mirror closest to you and should be much faster.