[olug] apt-get performance issue

[Joseph Gulizia]

Are both getting from the same repository/(same source)?

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:

> I recently got an Ubuntu LTS system as an appliance at work. Since I was
> learning the apt-* tools for that device, I converted my desktop to
> LinuxMint.
>
> On the appliance, doing apt-get update goes pretty well until I get to
> "Reading package lists..."
>
> This part of the process can take up to 10 minutes or more. On my Linux
> Mint desktop, it's QUICK, (under 4 seconds).
>
> Anyone ever experience anything similar? Might I have done something to
> inflict this on myself?
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Noel Leistad
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