On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 03:19:25PM +1000, Charlie wrote: > > I don't know enough about this hope someone can help: > > My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent: > http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib > > Is that correct?
No, he is confused. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7792 There are no trackers involved with apt-get, although it would be a far more efficient method (bandwidth wise). The downside is that you probably wouldn't be able to update/upgrade your laptop at your local library etc. because they tend to block BitTorrent traffic. I think I remember reading about a discussion of implementing a system where apt-get only downloads the changes to files. It wouldn't suprise me if something like this was implemented at some point way down the track. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130620112222.GG15403@tal
