trustworthy p2p solution to accelerate apt-get dist-upgrade

Question

Do you know any good and working solution for making apt-get dist-ugprade faster? I remember trying out apt-p2p a while ago but it was not wokring well. thanks!

Answer 1

I like using apt-fast, it's not p2p, but it does multiple downloads per file, speeding up the downloads for getting packages. Link showing how to install, http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/you-can-now-install-apt-fast-from-ppa.html

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tldm217/tahutek.net
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-fast

when you use it you can use apt-fast insted of apt-get so once you install it you can do apt-fast dist-upgrade