F21 downloads repository metadata in 3 places!

Sudhir Khanger ml at sudhirkhanger.com
Sun Dec 21 18:48:57 UTC 2014


On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> KDE has the setting in Apper under [Tools icon⌄] "Preferences" in the first
> (selected by default) tab ("General Settings"). It's called "Check for
> updates:", and it's a dropdown list with the options "Hourly", "Daily",
> "Weekly", "Monthly" or "Never". IMHO, that's clearly the right place and UI
> for this setting.

That doesn't differentiate between metered and un-metered connections.
Most people would tether their laptops with their phones via portable
hotspot which is treated as a regular wifi connection.

Currently, the only good option is to disable dnf and PackageKit. Most
folks would not know what's eating their mobile data.

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Sudhir Khanger,
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