[Leaplist] Re: Fedora 9

[Danny W. Burdick]

Bittorrent is not faster....it is easier on the serving server.....
It's p2p relaying the packets using the speed and loading of participants
I downloaded the live kde iso of fedora 9  using both ways....
the http version ran between 257 and 140  kbaud....
the bittorrent topped out at about 25 kbaud....

Most of the time when it's a huge huge huge popular release...the normal 
servers
will take you over night using an http download
while the bittorrents will
1. Download extremely fast in comparison...as their speed is based on 
how many participants
2. Error check the download....

There's no need to freak on bittorrent.....
It is the most popular means of downloading there is...at this time
Take a look at  piratesbay .......bittorrent only......

If you are using kde....apt-get or synaptic.....install ktorrent
or install azureus......

burdicda


Jim Hartley wrote:
> Well, I am running Fedora 7 with a Brighthouse cable connection. As to 
> the client, it's whatever is set up as the default, I think it's 
> really "BitTorrent". I just clicked on the link and got the usual 
> "this is a torrent file, Seamonkey does not know how to handle it, 
> what do you want to do?" message, and clicked the "default" selection.
>
> Oh, one other thing I forget to mention - there was an icon on the 
> download window, looked like cell-phone bars, and on a mouseover I got 
> a hint message that it might be slow if I had a firewall or was 
> "NATted" - not sure if that is significant, or if I should do 
> something about it.
>
> I truly do NOT UNDERSTAND this Bittorrent stuff! How can it be faster 
> if MORE people are using it?
>
> Jim Hartley
>
> Phil Barnett wrote:
>> On Wednesday 14 May 2008 10:20:33 am Phil Barnett wrote:
>>
>>> For Windows, the fastest downloading client appears to be BitComet.
>>>
>>> http://www.bitcomet.com/
>>
>> I forgot to mention another benefit of using a Torrent. The file is 
>> guaranteed perfect, something that is definitely not the case for a 
>> regular download.
>>
>> Give torrent a chance to get going. Sometimes it takes 15 or more 
>> minutes for it to get itself into the thick of things.
>>
>