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Elementary OS - Updates failed

Hi

I have just installed Elementary OS on my laptop.

when I run sudo apt-get update I get following error:

$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for aishazulqarnain: 
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease [15.5 kB]                
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                        
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources [33.0 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release [58.5 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources [14 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources                   
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources                 
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages [14 B]        
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages           
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages             
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages           
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en          
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en          
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en                
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US                 
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US           
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US           
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US             
Fetched 108 kB in 17s (6,202 B/s)                                              
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/source/Sources  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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Can you please help to fix this?

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rindi

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There's no such thing in my installation as "Software Sources".

What a pathetic linux distribution is this which fails in simple updates. It also did not detect my Wifi.

Linux still needs ages to be a desktop operating system. I am selecting your answer just to close this question.

rindi

I have meanwhile downloaded and installed this distro, and updates worked out of the box without any problems using it's built in tool "Software Updater" which is in the Applications menu.

I also looked for Software Sources, and that is part of the Software Center, under "Edit", "Software Sources". There you can select the servers closest to you.

Besides that, you shouldn't base your conclusions about Linux on just this one, very small and almost unknown distro. There are a lot of distro's and flavors around, some are better, some are easier to use, some are better for this, others for that.