I always install aria2c and set package manager + wget to use it for any system file downloads... basically it will open X connections to download files based o

I always install aria2c and set package manager + wget to use it for any system file downloads... basically it will open X connections to download files based on the file size and in the process give a pretty notable speed up on those slow single-connection package repos or download URLs. For reference it can cut 2-3 minutes off of an ubuntu dist-upgrade and even more if you're on a fast-but-far connection.