Andy> ::yells:: Are you downloading anything important for about the next 30 minutes? Maree> ::yells back:: No, but I will be shortly... Andy> ::yells:: cant it wait for 30 minutes? I'm going to start a linux...download...thingy... Maree> ::yells:: Yeah, Do a mail pass first, then go right ahead...
Sure, we need a radio walkie talkie set... but theres a mthod to the madness and yelling... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vik Olliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 2:37 PM Subject: Throttling apt-get > To avoid my wife throttling me, can anyone tell me how to tell apt-get > to throttle its bandwidth usage? > > Every time I fire off an apt-get install/update/upgrade there's this cry > of "Fee! Fi! Foe! Fum! Who's pinching all my bandwidth?" from her > office. I unless I terminate apt-get, things get ugly and I may be > terminated myself. I don't much fancy the "do it later" option. > > Vik :v) > -- > This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has > forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not > notify me when this occurs. Thanks. >
