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Re: apt-get and downloading more than one file at a time



Today at 21:05:63 you wrote the following wise words:

> > What do you hope to achieve by doing this, anyway? You can't double your
> > bandwidth by making two connections. You'll be downloading two files at
> > once, at half speed each.
> That's incorrect.
> 
Partially incorrect...

> Try it some time, using prozilla.
> 
Or lftp, or axel, or any other download accelerator.

Sometimes they work very well, and sometimes they're just a PITA for
server operators.

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