title: Cloning on ubuntu takes a long time
body: <p>I have installed Git in ubuntu using the command </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get install git-core 
  sudo apt-get install git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After this, I tried to install node.js using the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>git clone git://github.com/ry/node.git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>At this step, it says </p>
  
  <pre><code>Cloning into node..
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and takes a long time and does not return.</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something here?</p>