I left Manjaro in 2017, so I’m completely out of touch with Arch (I used Artix for bit but left them too). Are there any tools for checking on mirror speed & if they are up to date? When using Artix, I had to resort to the following (instead of pacmanmirrors -g) to do the job. It is ugly. It is pa…

I just been looking at reflector & milcheck. My systems automatically start a VPN after opening their respective DE/WM. I expect that the reflector run on boot systemd setting will likely run before my VPN has gone through its start process. I could use the reflector.time & have it run once a week…

Try ‘Reflector’ or ‘Reflector Simple’ which I believe are both installed by default.

Just run: sudo reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist I have an alias set to it just so I don’t have to type out all those options every time I run it. alias um25="sudo reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate --save /etc/p…

There’s also rate-mirrors from EnOS’ repo. Edit: [image] handy: msg “Refreshing your pacman database:” sudo pacman -Syy echo msg “Your mirrors & package database are now synchronised.” I wouldn’t refresh my local database to be in sync with the latest package database available without u…

[image] handy: sudo pacman -Syy Just a obligatory warning, this will cause partial update problems if you install a package without updating first. Of course, you’re a 2005 Linux veteran, way smarter than any of us here, I’m just pointing it out for anyone else who might be foolish enough to…

Glad I asked here, you have all given me plenty to go on with. Re. the script, that was just part of a thing that had 6 options using a variety of combinations of commands/tools. I am so far away from being an Arch user, or any of the Arch based systems that I used after-woods that I really can’t …

[image] handy: Are there any tools for checking on mirror speed & if they are up to date? Yes there are. milcheck tells me when it’s time to do a reflector. [image] Milcheck → a small binary that displays the status of your pacman mirrorlist in your terminal General system …

[image] handy: I must say that running MX since 2018 was a very easy way to go. BUT it has caused me to loose a lot of Linux skills 'cause I just didn’t need to refresh them. that’s a point indeed…

[image] A Complete Idiot's Guide To Endeavour OS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade Newbie I’m a complete idiot - so here’s my guide for you! It has been asked a lot, and fairly frequently recently it seems, especially by new Endeavour/new to Linux users. It was …

[image] handy: have it run once a week Why?

[image] handy: milcheck is great quick test. I’m sure its very popular too, so my thanks to you too @HMS_Endeavour . :wink: Given our poor bandwidth, this is a must-have. Glad it helped.

Is there a tool like pacmanmirrors -g from the Manjaro for evaluating mirrors?

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HMS_Endeavour December 10, 2022, 12:13pm 7

Yes there are. milcheck tells me when it’s time to do a reflector.