Re: apt vs. SSD computers

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Even though I only have a 1 Mb ADSL, I find Acquire::PDiffs "false";
> will finally stop the torture my computer is put through. [...]

> Also there is no way like nice(1) to lessen its grip on resources.

If you're concerned about bandwidth try trickle(1). nice(1) on
the apt-get/aptitude frontend itself should lessen the CPU impact,
particularly if you separate the update process from any subsequent
upgrade/install ("nice aptitude update && aptitude").

Chris