[ubuntu-us-mn] Fwd: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released

[Rick Tanner]

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On 4/29/10 9:09 PM, Jeff Nelson wrote:
> 
> Problem: .iso downloads fast using BitTorrent. Upgrades go very slow,
> especially now. I'd like to figure out a way to make upgrades go faster.
> 
> For example, is there a local mirror I could point the upgrade at? Or is
> there a way to upgrade from a live distribution .iso? It would go faster
> if I could point at my own local .deb packages in the .iso, if I knew how.

What I have done..

I setup apt-cacher-ng on a virtual machine.  A couple of days before an
official release, I upgrade another virtual session from "old" to "new"
(Karmic -> Lucid) while pointing to apt-cacher-ng.

After the official release is made, I then run the real upgrade (again,
configured to use apt-cacher-ng virtual machine) and instead of waiting
30mins or an hour plus on downloads.. I have maybe 2 or 3 minutes to wait.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/apt-cacher-ng-http-download-proxy-for-software-packages.html




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