Slow updates (in Australia)

Are there any users here from Australia that are getting updates at very low speeds? It just took me 2 hours to download a 67MB update. I'm currently building a SOE using Debian, and every time I muck it up I have to install an update over again. Its really frustrating having to wait 2 hours t

What's the nick name?

For God's sake, what is the nick name of my Debian? I am using Debian 7.0. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51bf2d39.8020...@nikolaskallis.com

Cannot run a program from an optical drive

Hello, When I try to run a program from an optical drive as the 'root' user in Debian 7.0, I get a permission denied return. Does anyone know why this happened and how I can stop it from happening again? Regards, Nikolas Kallis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian