Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Why Debian is different

As the Debian GNU/Linux project marks 15 years of existence, how much has it diverged from the intentions with which it set sail? As times change and people correspondingly change, motivating factors often tend to change and this is reflected in changes in most software projects. Is this true for Debian?

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20105/1090/

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Aria2 - high speed command line download utility in Debian

aria2 is a utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent (DHT, PEX, MSE/PE), and Metalink. It can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth.

http://www.debianadmin.com/aria2-high-speed-command-line-download-utility-in-debian.html