How to Limit Apt-Get Download Speed

This trick is useful when you're sharing your Internet connection among your friends or family. With this trick, you can perform such apt operation (install or upgrade) without interrupting the other members of your network.

In case, you want to limit your apt-get download speed at 20kb/s, so you should run the following command to perform apt-get operation (install or upgrade):

sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=20K install package_name

Please take a look at statement "Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=20K", replace "20K" with your desired download speed. This trick was tested and worked well on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2, but it should works on other versions of Ubuntu too.

Install ProZilla Download Accelerator on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot via PPA

ProZilla is ncurses based download accelerator that supports parallel downloads, HTTP and FTP downloads with FTP search feature. FTP search means ProZilla can search fastest FTP mirror for faster download speed. Because it based on ncurses, ProZilla is lightweight download accelerator too.

Installation:

Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick, Natty and Oneiric can install ProZilla download accelerator by simply typing the following command:

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

Usage instruction:

General usage
proz download_link

Resume download
proz -r download link

Limit download speed (at 20000 bps)
proz --max-bps=20000 download_link

Do FTP search
proz -s download_link

More download options
proz --help

Zattoo - Watch Online TV for free

Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux). The service is legal and free of charge.

Where can I use Zattoo?
Zattoo is currently available in Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.

Is Zattoo really free of charge?

Yes. You can download the Zattoo Player for free, and it also doesn’t cost you anything to use Zattoo to watch TV.

Install Zattoo client in ubuntu

First you need to download zattoo client from here

Minimum System Requirements

* Ubuntu 8.04 or newer
* Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+ processor (or equivalent)
* 512 MB RAM
* 64MB of VRAM
* Broadband Internet connection
* Hardware accelerated video card recommended (with OpenGL)

Currently we only provide 32-bit packages. Some users have been able to get these to work in 64-bit distributions after installing the correct 32-bit compatibility libraries.
Installing

1. Download .deb package
2. Install the .deb package
3. Download and install the Adobe Flash plugin via Synaptic

List of available TV channels check from here

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