Hey folks... a really useful utility you may be interested in is "aria2c". (available in most repos)
http://aria2.sourceforge.net/ Think of it as wget, with the added benefit of being able to simultaneously download a single file from multiple sources and even multiple protocols. e.g. HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent. For example, the following command will download the same file from the following three URL's, with 5 connections made to each server, useful for getting around per-connection QoS policies. aria2c -s 15 http://server1/file.iso ftp://server2/file.iso http://server3/file.iso The file is downloaded extremely fast and is amalgamated into a single file. If the download is interrupted, it can also be resumed. I used it this morning and downloaded each ISO from about 6 mirrors in under 10 minutes, and I didn't have to worry about firewall rules which prevent BitTorrent. -- Gilbert Mendoza PGP: 0x7403B303 Email: gmendoza at gmail.com http://www.savvyadmin.com https://launchpad.net/~gmendoza https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GilbertMendoza On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Manny <vector...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, Downloaded by Torrent and pulled the CD at 2.2MB/s from the start. > Took under 10 mins. Was done before I finished dinner. > > --Manny > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Manny <vector...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow! >> Is that Torrent speeds or from their site? >> --Manny >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Peter Manis <ma...@digital39.com> wrote: >>> 0, I've been downloading all the cds and DVDs and pulling 2400k/s >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thursday 23 April 2009 03:31 pm, Manny wrote: >>>> >>>> > Looks like Ubuntu 9.04 is final and released today. >>>> > >>>> > Time to take another look at Gnome I guess. >>>> >>>> So maybe it's a good thing that I've been sitting on 8.10 for a few >>>> months now and never switched over? >>>> >>>> How many days before I can download it without long waits? >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> -- >>>> Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services >>>> P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 >>>> Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only >>>> voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: >>>> "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Manis >>> (678) 269-7979 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
