Re: Torrents for ReactOS build environment

Mark Rousell <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2020 11:36:54 +0100
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On 10/05/2020 18:36, Colin Finck wrote:
> I haven't seen torrents widely used for open source software
> distribution for at least a decade.

Torrents are common from what I have seen. Offhand, I can think of
Debian <https://www.debian.org/distrib/>, Ubuntu
<https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads#bittorrents> and Mint
<https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=274> who all offer official torrents.

I've been doing quite a bit of downloading of open source operating
systems recently since I've been testing various OSs and I have to say
that I have commonly found official torrents to be faster overall than
most mirrors.

If you have a torrent client handy (as a random example the Brave
browser includes a torrent client) then torrents can be as easy to use
as HTTP download links.

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    On 10/05/2020 18:36, Colin Finck wrote:<br>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:[email protected]"
      type="cite">I haven't seen torrents
      widely used for open source software distribution for at least a
      decade.<br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    Torrents are common from what I have seen. Offhand, I can think of
    Debian <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">&lt;https://www.debian.org/distrib/&gt;</a>, Ubuntu
    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads#bittorrents">&lt;https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads#bittorrents&gt;</a>
    and Mint <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=274">&lt;https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=274&gt;</a> who all
    offer official torrents.<br>
    <br>
    I've been doing quite a bit of downloading of open source operating
    systems recently since I've been testing various OSs and I have to
    say that I have commonly found official torrents to be faster
    overall than most mirrors.<br>
    <br>
    If you have a torrent client handy (as a random example the Brave
    browser includes a torrent client) then torrents can be as easy to
    use as HTTP download links.<br>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Mark Rousell
 
 
 
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