mirror.cs.jmu.edu

This is the JMU Department of Computer Science public mirror.

News

2025-Jan-09 We are no longer mirroring the Vim project. Instead, obtain Vim from GitHub.
2024-Feb-06 The mirror hardware has been updated! See below for details.
2020-Oct-12 The MSYS2 project has been added to the mirror.
2018-Aug-30 Web statistics are live.
2018-Mar-16 The new CS department mirror is online and publicly available! Please contact us if you encounter any problems.
2018-Feb-18 The server is undergoing an overhaul.

Software

The following software can be found on this server.

Project Notes Sync Interval Protocols Approx. Size Last Sync
Linux Mint Releases cd images twice daily http 115G Jun 26 13:59 ET
Linux Mint Archives packages every four hours http 40.5G Jun 26 13:41 ET
MSYS2 packages twice daily http 983G Jun 26 13:55 ET
Ubuntu Releases cd images twice daily http 48.9G Jun 26 13:16 ET
Ubuntu Archives packages every two hours http 3.35T Jun 26 15:42 ET

Hardware

This mirror is located on the campus of James Madison University in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. There are two servers behind mirror.cs.jmu.edu to provide a better level of availability. The configuration of both servers is identical:

Custom software is used to keep the servers in sync with upstream and with each other.

Last updated: Thu Jun 26 04:00:01 PM EDT 2025