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Download management on metered connections Philip Withnall Endless Mobile philip@tecnocode.co.uk July 8, 2018 Almera Whats the problem? Many people use metered internet connections Cannot download everything they want to, when they want

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July 8, 2018 Almería

Download management on metered connections

Philip Withnall Endless Mobile philip@tecnocode.co.uk

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What’s the problem?

Many people use metered internet connections Cannot download everything they want to, when they want to Downloads have to be prioritised

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What is metering?

Pay per unit bandwidth used Pricing structures vary a lot Could have unmetered periods of the day Could be non-net-neutral

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Does it affect me?

Home/Work internet connection may be unlimited Trains, public Wi-Fi, mobile internet often aren’t Main internet connection may be bandwidth constrained, even if unlimited Downloads can be prioritised

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Introducing Mogwai

Mogwai is a download scheduler It does downloads after midnight (hence the name)

It’s also a daemon, which ties in with the Cantonese meaning

Applications ask it when to start ‘big’ downloads It schedules all the requests and notifies the applications Uses various configuration, including tariff files

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What Mogwai is not

Not security — it’s an opt-in system Not currently monitoring bandwidth usage

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How do I use it?

libmogwai-schedule-client See source code for mogwai-schedule-client utility Or the ‘Automatic Updates’ panel in gnome-control-center

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Mogwai in gnome-control-center

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Future work — available for mentoring

Monitor bandwidth usage to close the feedback loop Provide download statistics to GNOME Usage Account for more factors when scheduling downloads

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Miscellany

GitLab https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/mogwai

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