# Just installed Pop!\_OS? Check your Pop!\_Shop settings

**URL:** <https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/just-installed-pop-os-check-your-pop-shop-settings/682>\
**Category:** Pop!\_OS\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/just-installed-pop-os-check-your-pop-shop-settings/682 "2021-07-26T14:25:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jasdela](https://community.learnlinux.tv/user_avatar/community.learnlinux.tv/jasdela/32/208_2.png) [@Jasdela](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Jasdela)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/just-installed-pop-os-check-your-pop-shop-settings/682/1 "2021-07-26T14:25:36Z")

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If you live outside the United States, it might be worthwhile to update your Pop!\_Shop official resources list. Unlike Ubuntu, Pop!\_OS does not automatically pick the best source for getting updates and sticks with the default of `http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/`.

To find your current Pop!\_Shop official source, open the shop application and click the gear icon on the upper right (you can also launch it directly, look for `repoman` in the launcher).

If you want to update the official resources, here’s how you can do it:

1. Go to the official mirror list: [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors)
2. Pick your country of choice and the repo of choice.
  - The mirrors in this list are generally considered trustworthy.
  - The bandwidth per repo can be seen in the 3rd column.

3. Get the URL of your repo of choice by copying the link of the `http` button in the 2nd column.
4. Replace or add the URL in your Pop!\_Shop settings, fill in your password when prompted.
5. To test, restart the Pop!\_Shop and check how long the update takes by keeping an eye on the spinning circle next to the search bar on the upper right.

**It is important to try out different repositories!** I have found that some repositories in the list take significantly longer to update the Pop!\_Shop than others while having the same bandwidth throughput on the mirrors website. Also, I found that if you add multiple sources in the Pop!\_Shop official sources list, the shop updates slow down to the slowest source, so in this case more might not be better for speed.