Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) just came out today. I think their server is overloaded but you might have local mirrors. For example: http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/ I'll wait a few days to update my Ubuntu machines. A friend wrote: Looks like the kernel.org mirror is still responding pretty quickly if all you need is an iso. I'd imagine the apt repositories are another story altogether! Another friend wrote: I used a torrent to download. Almost done now. Speed is between 40KB and 400 KB or so for me. Mike