@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoWhat else should I help seed?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1333arrow-down1imageWhat else should I help seed?lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•2 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-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink7•2 months agoI think it saves them costs but idk shit about servers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoCan be faster than downloading from a centralised server that everyone is trying to download from. But mostly just habit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoAvoid detracting from the hosts bandwidth quota.
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?
I think it saves them costs but idk shit about servers
Can be faster than downloading from a centralised server that everyone is trying to download from. But mostly just habit.
Avoid detracting from the hosts bandwidth quota.