InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhat else should I help seed?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageWhat else should I help seed?lemmy.worldInternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
Just a small way to help people get their FOSS. What are some other projects that have torrents that would be good to seed?
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI prefer to download isos via torrents. You can easily check the checksum and signature once it’s downloaded. And you’re getting the torrent/magnet link/etc from the source so it’s not some random torrent from piratebay or something lmao
minus-squarebeeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWhy not direct download from website?
minus-squarestom@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAvoid detracting from the hosts bandwidth quota.
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoCan be faster than downloading from a centralised server that everyone is trying to download from. But mostly just habit.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI think it saves them costs but idk shit about servers
I prefer to download isos via torrents. You can easily check the checksum and signature once it’s downloaded. And you’re getting the torrent/magnet link/etc from the source so it’s not some random torrent from piratebay or something lmao
Why not direct download from website?
Avoid detracting from the hosts bandwidth quota.
Can be faster than downloading from a centralised server that everyone is trying to download from. But mostly just habit.
I think it saves them costs but idk shit about servers