Re: [ros-general] Torrents for ReactOS build environment

[Javier Fernández Arroyo]

no, it didn´t 😉
I agree with Aleksey, it does not matter for light software such as BE
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De: Ros-general <ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.org> en nombre de Aleksey Bragin
<aleksey(a)reactos.org>
Enviado: lunes, 4 de enero de 2021 17:14
Para: ros-general(a)reactos.org <ros-general(a)reactos.org>
Asunto: Re: [ros-general] Torrents for ReactOS build environment

What's the advantage?
I think download speed, but that matters for large images (like Debian
indeed). Unless ReactOS became huge when I didn't watch it close enough :-)

Regards,
Aleksey Bragin

On 1/4/2021 12:39 PM, Frank Van Damme wrote:
>   Hello,
>
>  A couple of major Linux distributions ofer bittorrent downloads as an option.
>
>  https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=281 Torrent listed before iso link
>  https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads -> scroll down for bittorrent
>  https://www.debian.org/distrib/ -> small print under "Download an
>  installation image"
>  http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.centos.org/8.3.2011/isos/x86_64/ -> of
>  course these are iso images to be found but there is a torrent file as
>  well
>
>  Greetings,
>
>  Op zo 10 mei 2020 om 19:38 schreef Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org>rg>:
> > Am 10.05.2020 um 18:01 schrieb João Jerónimo:
> >> So I decided to create a torrent
> >> file for it and setup 2 seeds. The torrents can be downloaded from:
> >>
> >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GXOF8TxQrmc4BiRPL4F8ZmqoCdFv9j-H
> >>
> >> I think it would be good idea to share the torrents on the RosBE wiki
> >> page, and maybe also create an official tracker to share ReactOS files,
> >> setup other seeds, etc. Sounds like a good idea?
> > While I like people who take the initiative, I haven't seen torrents
> > widely used for open source software distribution for at least a decade.
> > Whenever I encounter a slow download these days, I can always choose an
> > alternative mirror that is faster.
> >
> > SourceForge.net already offers quite a few mirrors. And even if all of
> > them happen to be slow, we already have https://download.reactos.org
> > I guess that is the URL which actually needs more advertising.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Colin
> >
>  
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