Broader question, but whatever happened to every university with a CS department hosting mirrors of popular distros? I always assumed CDNs replaced them, but seeing this, maybe they didn't.
Maybe not every university, but plenty of distro mirrors are still hosted by universities, both in the US and internationally. Another example is Oregon State University mentioned elsewhere in this thread that still provides hosting + CI services; eg postmarketOS recently moved from gitlab.com to a self-hosted GitLab on OSU-provided and -hosted hardware.
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Broader question, but whatever happened to every university with a CS department hosting mirrors of popular distros? I always assumed CDNs replaced them, but seeing this, maybe they didn't.
Maybe not every university, but plenty of distro mirrors are still hosted by universities, both in the US and internationally. Another example is Oregon State University mentioned elsewhere in this thread that still provides hosting + CI services; eg postmarketOS recently moved from gitlab.com to a self-hosted GitLab on OSU-provided and -hosted hardware.
FWIW in Italy we still have [GARR Mirror](https://mirror.garr.it/index_en.html). It includes Alpine Linux.
The MBAs took over. Public service doesn't "generate renevue."
Most mirrors are run by clubs at universities, typically LUGs or similar.
I'm not sure how many mirrors are run by the university directly, though AFAIK MIT and RIT host theirs directly.