apt-cacher (was: Re: Speeding apt by multiple connections)

2004-03-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-03-11, Lucas Albers penned: > setup a local apt-cacher repository. This drastically speeds up > downloads, as it only gets new package lists once per day (per > configuration). It saves all previously downloaded apt files to the > cache. This is good because: Downloads are a lot faster.

Re: Speeding apt by multiple connections

2004-03-10 Thread Lucas Albers
setup a local apt-cacher repository. This drastically speeds up downloads, as it only gets new package lists once per day (per configuration). It saves all previously downloaded apt files to the cache. This is good because: Downloads are a lot faster. You save bandwidth for everyone involved. GCS

Re: Speeding apt by multiple connections

2004-03-09 Thread GCS
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:04:32AM +0200, Aryan Ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this university that I am studying in, I have access to a pretty fast > internet connection. How wide is it? > However when I use a normal download manager like > a browser's download manager or apt-get, which