Mirroring LG

Q: What do I need to do to become an LG mirror maintainer?

A: Step 1. Fill in the form just below, and send it to us at . This will result in your site being listed as a Linux Gazette mirror site on our "Mirrors" page, and your name and email address being added to our (very low-traffic) "lg-mirrors" mailing list, where we can notify you of any changes that affect content retrieval and other mirror-relevant issues.

Country (e.g., 'GB', 'FR', etc.): 
Language (for translators only): 
HTTP mirror: 
FTP mirror: 
Maintainer's name: 
Maintainer's email: 
Comments:

Step 2. Set up your monthly retrieval process. Our standard retrieval method is via rsync; if there's enough demand, we'll set up FTP as well. Please set up your retrieval script as follows:

(For all of the following examples, HTTP_ROOT and FTP_ROOT are the directories containing the appropriate files. Note that our site's FTP_ROOT is a subdirectory immediately under HTTP_ROOT, and fetching the "lg_all" target will reflect that.)

# Set the transport method to SSH; this needs to be done for any of the
# following methods!
RSYNC_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
export RSYNC_RSH

# If you want the entire Linux Gazette archive:
rsync -az linuxgazette.net::lg-all /HTTP_ROOT

# If you only want the HTTP files:
rsync -az --exclude /ftpfiles/ linuxgazette.net::lg-all /HTTP_ROOT

# If you only want the FTP files:
rsync -az linuxgazette.net::lg-ftp /FTP_ROOT

Step 3. If you wish to be notified whenever the new issue of LG comes out, send an email to .

In case of any further questions, please contact the LG Mirrors and Translations maintainer (). If enough people ask the same question enough times, it'll end up in this FAQ - and you can have the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing that you've contributed to making life simpler for anyone who reads it from then on. :)

Last but definitely not least - thank you for participating in LG! By mirroring us, you're making the content more easily available to the people in your country/area/location, and letting more readers have "just a little more fun" with Linux. You have our thanks... and the thanks of all those who trade in the basic coin of Open Source - respect.

Welcome aboard.