I agree. It was just out of habit that I updated first. bkm
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. In this case (the user is doing a fresh install, > has a known slow connection, is comfortable with the command line, and > already knows about trickle and how to use it), wouldn't doing something > like: > > sudo apt-get install trickle -y && trickle -u 50 -d 50 apt-get > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade > > and then browsing the web etc. as the long update happens, be workable? > > In other words, why does it help (how does it make anything > significantly easier) to have trickle installed by default? All it > saves is typing one command (sudo apt-get install trickle) and the time > that command takes (not long, since trickle and its depdendencies are > pretty small). > > Your use case is an example of when trickle can be useful -- but trickle > can be downloaded and then used, can't it? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588886 > > Title: > Include trickle in base lubuntu > > Status in “lubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Hello, I would like to recommend trickle as a valuable package for low > resource machines on low bandwidth connections. The advantage is that > updates can happen effectively in background while still allowing > bandwidth to allow simultaneous access to online documentation. I hope > that lubuntu is not so gui-centric that such a useful command line > program couldn't be included from the start. Thank you. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/588886/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588886 Title: Include trickle in base lubuntu -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
