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Idea #16102: make apt like P2P

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #7792: Use BitTorrent as primary protocol for apt-get.
Written by allarem the 1 Dec 08 at 08:35. Related project: Synaptic package manager. Status: New
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why not we make apt-get(or Synaptic) like amule or BitTorrent with a md5sum check with every file.
we can set it's WAN upload speed , share in the lan ,link to the sources-server(as apt-get).

hm...I've known there is a "Make it simple to mirror and share Ubuntu repositories for local user groups"

of course ,GUI is very welcome.

In China , when 8.04 upgrade to 8.10 ,the upgrade speed is very very slow....course there are too many people needs upgrade.
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Written by allarem the 1 Dec 08 at 08:35.
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iKonaK wrote on the 1 Dec 08 at 11:30
+1, but to be optional...

Faryshta wrote on the 1 Dec 08 at 20:26
Auzy is that you?

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 2 Dec 08 at 00:25
Debtorrent is already available in the repos. Works great, too.

cousteau wrote on the 2 Dec 08 at 02:04
Well, you can upgrade from Alternate-CD (which is available via Torrent at a very fast speed).
The problem with P2P is that it's not very fast... but with several Ubuntu mirrors acting as seeders, speed would increase a lot.

sayakb (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 2 Dec 08 at 12:10
Marked as a dupe of #7792

allarem wrote on the 15 Dec 08 at 00:01
oh thanks every one ,next time i will use apt-torrent


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