• torrent downloading

    From MRO@BBSESINF to All on Thursday, March 28, 2024 04:58:20
    Hey any of you guys download things?

    Whats your favorite torrent client?
    I WAS using qbittorrent but it started acting weird for me. I was getting horrible speeds. I would have to shut it down and rerun it a few times and then it might not work well.

    so i've been using picotorrent. it's a real small simple client and works great.

    Usually I don't torrent download from home but sometimes when I want something i do it and then shut it off and let my server seed it.
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  • From Gamgee@PALANTIR to MRO on Thursday, March 28, 2024 07:42:00
    MRO wrote to All <=-

    Hey any of you guys download things?

    Everybody does.

    Whats your favorite torrent client?

    Transmission.


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  • From Digital Man to MRO on Thursday, March 28, 2024 14:11:45
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: MRO to All on Thu Mar 28 2024 04:58 am

    Whats your favorite torrent client?

    qbtorrent, but I haven't updated it probably six months.
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  • From fusion@CFBBS to MRO on Thursday, March 28, 2024 18:05:00
    On 28 Mar 2024, MRO said the following...

    Whats your favorite torrent client?

    rtorrent. text mode linux, no gui. at one point i had a real reason to use it (co-located server over in the detroit area i would seed from. with or without the web frontend it lends itself to remote usage) .. now i just use it because i always have..

    i still torrent a lot of shit.. never stopped really. from limetorrents for movies or nyaa for anime/jdrama stuff

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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to fusion on Thursday, March 28, 2024 19:22:56
    Re: Re: torrent downloading
    By: fusion to MRO on Thu Mar 28 2024 06:05 pm

    On 28 Mar 2024, MRO said the following...

    Whats your favorite torrent client?

    rtorrent. text mode linux, no gui. at one point i had a real reason to use it (co-located server over in the detroit area i would seed from. with or without the web frontend it lends itself to remote usage) .. now i just use it because i always have..


    yeah i still use rtorrent on my server and it's a beast.
    I just use a windows torrent client at home.
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  • From paulie420@BEERS20 to MRO on Thursday, March 28, 2024 19:18:00
    Whats your favorite torrent client?
    I WAS using qbittorrent but it started acting weird for me. I was getting horrible speeds. I would have to shut it down and rerun it a few times
    and then it might not work well.

    I prefer qBitTorrent for many reasons; easy plugins, web themes, easy to run a server and connect via web on another machine, can text message requests and my qBit server grabs whatever I want - if its a video file auto-adds to my Plex, etc....

    Its my favorite - I torrent kinda a lot.



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  • From Ogg@CAPCITY2 to MRO on Thursday, March 28, 2024 20:10:00
    Hello MRO!

    I WAS using qbittorrent but it started acting weird for me..

    qBittorrent here. no speed issues with it, but the speed is
    usually determined by the available feeds. I combine
    qBittorrent with Bit Che to help me locate material.

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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Ogg on Thursday, March 28, 2024 23:59:21
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: Ogg to MRO on Thu Mar 28 2024 08:10 pm

    Hello MRO!

    I WAS using qbittorrent but it started acting weird for me..

    qBittorrent here. no speed issues with it, but the speed is
    usually determined by the available feeds. I combine
    qBittorrent with Bit Che to help me locate material.

    i dont even know what bit che is. I am on private sites.

    pretty sure my problems are not with settings.
    i use another client and it works. also i know how torrents work, i ran my own torrent sites and I was a co-admin on a few.

    i'm open and connectable. just something weird lately with qbittorrent.
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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to paulie420 on Friday, March 29, 2024 09:58:49
    Re: Re: torrent downloading
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Thu Mar 28 2024 07:18 pm

    I prefer qBitTorrent for many reasons; easy plugins, web themes, easy to run a server and connect via web on another machine, can text message

    What kind of server can you run with qBitTorrent?

    Nightfox

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  • From unixl0rd@BEERS20 to Gamgee on Friday, March 29, 2024 13:42:00
    Transmission.

    This is what I use, too. It just works.

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  • From paulie420@BEERS20 to Nightfox on Saturday, March 30, 2024 20:50:00
    I prefer qBitTorrent for many reasons; easy plugins, web themes, easy run a server and connect via web on another machine, can text message

    What kind of server can you run with qBitTorrent?

    Well - what do you mean? I run qBit both on my machines that I hold in my hands around the house... and as a Proxmox VM thats behind a VPN... I can text msg into the VM and start a .torrent download; and I have it setup to add new .torrent downloads to my Plex.

    I think I'm running some PIA [private internet access] qBittorrent docker container.... and then setup that allows me to do the above.



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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to paulie420 on Sunday, March 31, 2024 14:46:45
    Re: Re: torrent downloading
    By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Sat Mar 30 2024 08:50 pm

    run a server and connect via web on another machine, can text

    What kind of server can you run with qBitTorrent?

    Well - what do you mean? I run qBit both on my machines that I hold in my hands around the house... and as a Proxmox VM thats behind a VPN... I can text msg into the VM and start a .torrent download; and I have it setup to add new .torrent downloads to my Plex.

    It sounded like you said you run a server with qBitTorrent, and I just wasn't sure what you meant..

    Nightfox

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  • From Daniel Path@CAPCITY2 to MRO on Monday, April 01, 2024 09:51:01
    Hello MRO,

    28 Mar 24 04:58, you wrote to All:

    Hey any of you guys download things?

    Whats your favorite torrent client?
    I WAS using qbittorrent but it started acting weird for me. I was
    getting horrible speeds. I would have to shut it down and rerun it a
    few times and then it might not work well.

    so i've been using picotorrent. it's a real small simple client and
    works great.

    Usually I don't torrent download from home but sometimes when I want something i do it and then shut it off and let my server seed it.

    i am using the ncurses based rtorrent in a screen session, works fine for me.

    Regards,
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  • From Arelor@PALANTIR to MRO on Monday, April 01, 2024 16:41:55
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: MRO to All on Thu Mar 28 2024 04:58 am

    Whats your favorite torrent client?

    Transmission is quite fine, because it can run headless on a server and be managed entirely from a web interface. Ideal for downloading Linux distros in bulk to your NAS and not thinking much about them.

    i2psnark is ok but it is only for the i2p network.

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  • From Neoshock@VINTAGE to Digital Man on Wednesday, April 03, 2024 08:11:58
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Mar 28 2024 02:11 pm

    For me it would be Transmission. but is some cases I would use aria2 was in cli only situation.

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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Neoshock on Wednesday, April 03, 2024 18:21:12
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: Neoshock to Digital Man on Wed Apr 03 2024 08:11 am

    For me it would be Transmission. but is some cases I would use aria2 was in cli only situation.


    yeah aria2 is decent but i'd rather have a decent client for torrent downloading. i should have started out asking people what they use on windows, additionally. rtorrent is the best linux client but I don't use that at home.
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  • From Arelor@PALANTIR to MRO on Friday, April 05, 2024 11:57:01
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: MRO to Neoshock on Wed Apr 03 2024 06:21 pm

    yeah aria2 is decent but i'd rather have a decent client for torrent downloading. i should have started out asking people what they use on windows, additionally. rtorrent is the best linux client but I don't use that at home.

    Aria2 sounds to me like the sort of thing you have around because you like having some swiss-army-knife just in case. If you want to download some torrent and you happen to have aria2, you use that because you can't get bothered to install more junk in your computer. If you are a dedicated torrenter then you set a dedicated torrent system.


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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Arelor on Friday, April 05, 2024 18:59:35
    Re: torrent downloading
    By: Arelor to MRO on Fri Apr 05 2024 11:57 am

    yeah aria2 is decent but i'd rather have a decent client for torrent downloading. i should have started out asking people what they use on windows, additionally. rtorrent is the best linux client but I don't use that at home.

    Aria2 sounds to me like the sort of thing you have around because you like having some swiss-army-knife just in case. If you want to download some torrent and you happen to have aria2, you use that because you can't get bothered to install more junk in your computer. If you are a dedicated torrenter then you set a dedicated torrent system.



    i've use aria2 to get past some types of throttling with youtube and other stuff. in some cases it makes a huuuuuge difference.
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