Comment by Matt: I really don't want to maintain this anymore, I don't use a deb based distro anymore...really...I have PCLinuxOS on a machine but rarely use it.

That said, the suggetsions below could be done via bash aliasing or moving/renaming apt-get, which is a bad idea IMHO.

Hello! How are you?
My name is Patrick. I write from Spain.

The reason I write is apt-fast.

I think it's fantastic! It is ideal and just what I was waiting for so long!

However I would say a few things:

First off: It would be much more comfortable to have a deb package to install and uninstall it very easily.

Secondly: It seems to me that your intention in writing this script has been speed up downloads, thus expediting the process of installation, upgrade. I mean, you wanted to make the Linux experience more comfortable. Isn it?

But please, stop and think: Is it always comfortable to type apt-fast instead of apt-get?

It would be much more comfortable, that when you install apt-fast (deb) that will replace apt-get!
Then, as usual we write apt-get and we're done!
After uninstalling the package apt-fast, the replaced apt-get goes back to its initial state, and anything is normal (= slow).

I also wonder if this script also works with UpdateManager and synaptic?

Another very important thing I want to mention is that I as average user (without any programming skills) most prefer to build my own packages with apt-build. I don't know if you know these processes, but the truth is it takes less time to compile a package, than all the downloads (all the dependencies).
This raises the question: Where should download be more quickly, with apt-get or apt-build (where you really GET the packages and its dependencies)?

Thank you very much for your attention.
I would like if you could answer.
Yours sincerely,

Patrick Kramer Ruiz