On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 15:15, seth vidal wrote: > > Well, apt does it and it's invaluable to detect mirrors which suddenly > > stop working as fast as they used to. > > > > and I've always considered apt's output to be daunting to a new user. New users should never have to use apt imho;) There should be a GUI for this sort of thing, where it's perhaps a bit easier/cleaner to display status info.