Speed up apt-get

[Detonate]

Found this over on Ubuntu Geek. Try it out and watch your downloads fly. Could be especially useful to the bandwidth challenged.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/apt-fast-and-axel-faster-apt-get-installations-and-upgrades.html

[Snowhog]

Late reply, yes, but have you installed and tested this? Is it really faster than without it?

[Detonate]

Yes, I am using it on both Lucid and Maverick. It works great!! Try it!! Watch those downloads fly!

[GreyGeek]

Well, the update seemed to go MUCH faster.