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Is there any way to limit my Internet connection to a per program basis?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20261501 views
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My Linux connection is REALLY free. I live in Brazil, so where I live I can only have 1 Mbit/s. Yes I know it's sad, but it's not the point. Everytime I'm updating my Ubuntu 9.04 or downloading something, it does eat all my bandwidth. Like, while update-manager is downloading the packages, I can se…

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You can configure apt to restrict its download speed by setting a configuration file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, as detailed in this post Specifically, create a file: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/76download that contains the text: Acquire { Queue-mode "access";…

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