The easiest and fastest way to change your Ubuntu repositories

Recently, I updated to Ubuntu 8.04. I noticed, ever since the new release, that the main ubuntu repositories was slower than usual. I guess since everyone is doing system upgrade, their servers are getting flooded with requests. So I looked into changing my default repositories to another location. That's when I found the "Software Sources" application under the System --> Administration Menu. This tool lists all the ubuntu repositories, but it has a "Select best site" button that automatically does just that. I used it and it works great. So if your package upgrades have been a bit slow lately, just give it a try.