TENET has decommissioned mirror.ac.za. Please re-configure your system(s) to use alternative sources. Individual mirrors may have further information.

Use of this resource by the South African higher education and research community declined to the point where it we could no longer justify the ongoing effort of maintaining it. For further background to this decision, please see our post to the community-announce@list (or contact your institution's representative who is subscribed to that list).

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https://alma.mirror.ac.za

alma Mirror Alma Linux Mirror
An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL and pre-Stream CentOS.
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 1.01T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://alpine.mirror.ac.za

alpine Mirror Alpine Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Alpine Linux distribution
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 4.03T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://archlinux.mirror.ac.za

archlinux Mirror Arch Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Arch Linux
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 123G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://biomirror.mirror.ac.za

biomirror Mirror bio-mirror.net Mirror
Probably the largest centralized bio-informatics stores in the world thanks to bio-mirror.net
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 1.58T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://cpan.mirror.ac.za

cpan Mirror CPAN Mirror
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 32.2G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://cran.mirror.ac.za

cran Mirror CRAN Mirror
The Comprehensive R Archive Network Mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 577G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://ctan.mirror.ac.za

ctan Mirror CTAN Mirror
Comprehensive TEX Archive Network Mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 56.6G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://debian.mirror.ac.za

debian Mirror Debian Mirror
One of the most popular Linux distributions to date
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 1.84T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://freebsd.mirror.ac.za

freebsd Mirror FreeBSD Mirror
ftp.za.freebsd.org FreeBSD South African mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 621G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://gmt.mirror.ac.za

gmt Mirror Generic Mapping Tools Mirror
A Mirror of the Generic Mapping Tools
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 104G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://grass.mirror.ac.za

grass Mirror Grass Mirror
GRASS GIS is a free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 31.0G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://ipfire.mirror.ac.za

ipfire Mirror IPFire Mirror
IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario and extensibility make it usable for everyone
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 289G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://macports.mirror.ac.za

macports Mirror MacPorts Mirror
Open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 2.29T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://manjaro.mirror.ac.za

manjaro Mirror Manjaro Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Manjaro Linux
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 209G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://mint.mirror.ac.za

mint Mirror Linux Mint Mirror
A Mirror of Linux Mint
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 107G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://opensuse.mirror.ac.za

opensuse Mirror OpenSuSE Linux Mirror
An OpenSuSE Linux mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 3.90T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://openvz.mirror.ac.za

openvz Mirror Open Virtuozzo Mirror
operating-system-level virtualization technology for Linux
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 381G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://perfsonar.mirror.ac.za

perfsonar Mirror perfSONAR RPM Mirror
perfSONAR RPM mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 58.0G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://raspbian.mirror.ac.za

raspbian Mirror Raspbian.org Mirror
Raspbian is a free operating system based on Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your Raspberry Pi run. However Raspbian provides more than a pure OS-it comes with over 35000 packages pre-compiled software bundled in a nice format for easy installation on your Raspberry Pi
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 621G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://rocky.mirror.ac.za

rocky Mirror rockylinux.org Mirror
Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is under intensive development by the community.
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 1.84T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://sabayon.mirror.ac.za

sabayon Mirror Sabayon Linux Mirror
Sabayon Linux Mirror
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 427G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://sagemath.mirror.ac.za

sagemath Mirror Sagemath Mirror
free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 449G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://slackware.mirror.ac.za

slackware Mirror Slackware Mirror
One of the older Linux distributions still actively developed
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 270G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://solydxk.mirror.ac.za

solydxk Mirror SolydXK Mirror
A Dutch Linux distribution based on Debian. It aims to be simple to use, providing an environment that is stable, secure, and ideal for small businesses, non-profit organizations and home users
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 7.28G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu-cloud.mirror.ac.za

ubuntu-cloud Mirror Ubuntu Cloud Mirror
Ubuntu Cloud Images are the official Ubuntu images and are pre-installed disk images that have been customized by Ubuntu engineering to run on public clouds that provide Ubuntu Certified Images, Openstack, LXD, and more
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 1.80T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu-release.mirror.ac.za

ubuntu-release Mirror Ubuntu Releases Mirror
Various distributions of Ubuntu
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 41.3G
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za

ubuntu Mirror Ubuntu Mirror
A global linux distribution home grown in South Africa
ERROR Sync status: ERROR
Size on disk: 6.00T
Error since: Thu Sep 11 14:46:00 SAST 2025