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How to use the links.txt file

The links.txt file was implemented in order to make it easier for the user to customize the mirrors that the script downloads from.
The script works by iterating over the list as it goes, taking the link from each line and feeding it to wget.

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Creating your own links file

Choosing the links - When choosing the links; for the optimal performance, you're best off choosing links from file servers within your immediate area, or at least country.

For my selection of links, I found file mirrors from ISP's or Universities, who are likely to have a lot of bandwidth and be able to cap out my download speed.

A great way to find these mirrors is to go onto alternate downloads for Linux ISO's and look for a list of mirrors in various countries.
In my example, I used the Debian Worldwide Mirror List, simply just scroll down to Secondary mirrors of the Debian archive, and find your country. You can then find a list of mirrors for the Debian Linux ISO, however these mirrors are likely to have other things available in their directories.

Using the Netherlands as an example, and scrolling down to it

With this we can see that there are mirrors at cambirum.nl, utwente.nl, voipgrow.com, tuxis.nl, dataone.nl, and many more.
After trying the above URL's, only the dataone.nl one appears to have other files, thus we will go to mirro.dataone.nl to look at those other files.

You can then simply just grab the direct download link for whatever files you wish to add to your files list.

It is recommended that you use with larger files. This is because multiple smaller files of the same size won't be able to sustain the same speed as if it were one large file.

Formatting - for formatting, simply just put a new link on each line, without any spaces.