https://zoliben.com/en/tags/slow/Recent content in Slow on ZoliBen Csupra(Kabra)HugoenSat, 26 Mar 2016 08:22:07 +0000https://zoliben.com/en/posts/2016-03-26-steam-lassu-letoltes-javitasa-ubuntu-alatt/Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:22:07 +0000https://zoliben.com/en/posts/2016-03-26-steam-lassu-letoltes-javitasa-ubuntu-alatt/<p>I installed Steam on Linux just to try it out, but I ran into the problem that when downloading games, the download speed wouldn&rsquo;t climb above 15-20 kbytes/s. I tried switching download servers, switching from Wi-Fi to a wired connection, but nothing worked. Then I started searching online for solutions, which led me to the following steps that fixed my problem.</p> <p>In a nutshell, the problem is that the Linux Steam client queries DNS nameservers too frequently, which quickly overwhelms the network. The solution is to install a DNS cache on the system, which we can do as follows:</p>