pkgsrc vs trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper
A side-by-side look at pkgsrc and trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
pkgsrc
Development
pkgsrc is a portable packaging system for Unix-like operating systems. It provides over 12,000 software packages, is used on various platforms, and focuses on providing software that is up to date and consistent across systems.
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trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper
Network & Admin
Trickle is a userspace bandwidth shaper for Linux. It allows limiting the bandwidth used by a process, group of processes, or network interface. It's useful for rate-limiting backups, downloads, etc to prevent using all available bandwidth.
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