Re: Speeding apt by multiple connections

["Lucas Albers" <albersl@cs.montana.edu>]

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 said:
>> Or does anyone have
>> an alternative idea about how I might be able to speed-up my downloads
>> from apt-getable sources?
>  google for apt-rsync, but the server must support it.
>
> Cheers,
> GCS
>
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