[clug] Debian session for any Choobs?

[David Tulloh]

Hal Ashburner wrote:
>
> apt-proxy might be the thing if you've got multiple machines and 
> you're worried about downloading the same thing from the net again and 
> again...
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/apt-proxy
> Various universities use this as a solution rather than running a full 
> mirror, or so I'm told.
> apt-cache-ng appears to be another one.
>
> I've never knowing used either.
>
I use approx at home to share files across three boxes.  It's relatively 
painless, Jeff wrote up a nice brief how-to for it a while ago.  The 
comments in the same entry also discuss some of the alternatives and 
their various advantages.

http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/04/13/approx-package-caching-ubuntu-debian-lovers/

I really think that netinst + downloads is the way to go.  You only use 
a fraction of the packages on the cds, you stay updated and don't have 
to juggle pieces of plastic.  Of course that assumes a broadband net 
connection.


David