STC have opened a mirror server for hosting open source files. The server currently have mirrors for CentOS, OpenSuse, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, CPAN, MySQL and OpenOffice. This is not the first mirror of it’s kind in Saudi Arabia, The Internet Service Unit have one as well (mirrors.isu.net.sa).
Mirrors are regular file servers (HTTP or FTP) that provide a copy of a file that is closer to the person. Basically increasing the download speed and reducing the load on the main servers.
Via Yousef Raffah.
Update: There is another mirror, thanks to Abdulhadi for showing me this mirror download.net.sa provided by Bayanat, a Mobily company.
Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.5 and it is loaded with new features. Firefox 3.5′s performance is improved a lot as well. You can download an English or Arabic version, for the Mac, Windows or Linux from Mozilla’s website.
Read more about the improvements in Maximum PC’s article: 9 amazing new features in firefox 3.5.