[ubuntu-za] use less data on mobile broadband

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Sat 18 Feb 2012 10:08:06 SAST, Miles wrote:
> Hi there all you guys that suffer under our cellphone
> service providers costs. I was given a link to an older "how to"
> But I will give what to do here for you. You can save up to 50% of
> update/upgrade download costs. Here is the old link
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-in/2009-September/006049.html
> The package to install is called debdelta and is in the repos, then you
> need to edit its conf file so it sees ubuntu not debian. Like this
> Old /etc/debdelta/sources.conf file with the edited version after
>
>
>
>
> ##This file contains configurations for  debdelta-upgrade ;
> ##this file may be overridden by a file   ~/.debdelta/sources.conf
>
> ##this file is divided in sections, that start by a line such as
> #[section title]
>
> ##Each  section of this file  refers to a .deb archive,
> ##so each section must contain a line
> #delta_uri="the URI of the archive of deltas for those .debs"
>
> ## To identify a .deb archive, you may use those options
> ## Origin , Label , Site, Archive (any combination of those);
> ## Origin , Label  are specified in the  Release file for that archive, 
> ## (note that Archive is called Suite in in the  Release file);
> ## whereas site is the host. Some  examples
> #Origin=Debian
> #Label=Debian-Security
> #Archive=unstable
> #Site=ftp.debian.org
>
> [main debian archive]
> Origin=Debian
> Label=Debian
> delta_uri=http://debdeltas.debian.net/debian-deltas
>
>
> [stable security debian archive]
> Origin=Debian
> Label=Debian-Security
> delta_uri=http://debdeltas.debian.net/debian-security-deltas
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> ##This file contains configurations for  debdelta-upgrade ;
> ##this file may be overridden by a file   ~/.debdelta/sources.conf
>
> ##this file is divided in sections, that start by a line such as
> #[section title]
>
> ##Each  section of this file  refers to a .deb archive,
> ##so each section must contain a line
> #delta_uri="the URI of the archive of deltas for those .debs"
>
> ## To identify a .deb archive, you may use those options
> ## Origin , Label , Site, Archive (any combination of those);
> ## Origin , Label  are specified in the  Release file for that archive, 
> ## (note that Archive is called Suite in in the  Release file);
> ## whereas site is the host. Some  examples
> #Origin=Debian
> #Label=Debian-Security
> #Archive=unstable
> #Site=ftp.debian.org
>
> [main debian archive]
> Origin=Ubuntu
> Label=Ubuntu
> delta_uri=http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
>
>
> [stable security debian archive]
> Origin=Ubuntu
> Label=Ubuntu
> delta_uri=http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________________
>
> Then do
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get debdelta-upgrade
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> Hopefully this saves some of you data
> Miles
>
>
>
>

Hi Miles,

Thanks for the tip! Will definitely keep that in mind when facing 
bandwidth issues. :)

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce