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crouse

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Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders

About a week ago, I bought the domain www.LinuxTorrents.org and put torrenttrader on it.  First thing  I uploaded to it was of course the ArchLinux torrents.  Still needs seeders....... if anyone is interested in helping out  

Notice on the right what it's running on ........ (64 bit Arch Linux)

platinummonkey

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

www.LinuxTorrents.org ftw

dolby

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

maybe it would help in general if a login wasnt needed just to browse torrents etc.

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Reasons

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

maybe it would help in general if a login wasnt needed just to browse torrents etc.

I don't think a login should be needed at all as most people will just grab one distro and go. That being said I'm signing up right now and putting some arch torrents on my torrent box.

crouse

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

maybe it would help in general if a login wasnt needed just to browse torrents etc.

I don't think a login should be needed at all as most people will just grab one distro and go. That being said I'm signing up right now and putting some arch torrents on my torrent box.

Thanks

Purch

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

Why login?

Stythys

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

bah...the login doesn't even send an email confirmation. c'mon it takes like 2 seconds. anyways...seeding the arch torrents (or will be soon=P)

Last edited by Stythys (2008-05-22 19:05:04)

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Purch

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

aaah, ok ... being a bit lazy today

robmaloy

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

seeding with vserver (~4MiB/s)

lol downloading both i686 and x86_64 core isos took about 1 minute

edit: no debian torrents?
edit2: also seeding arch-ftp-install-2008.04-rc-{i686|x86_64}.iso
edit3: maybe you should mention that the registration process only takes 5 seconds (on the main page) so nobody gets scared

do you have a mailing list or something where you announce files that need seeders? my vserver has 500GB free traffic/month and about 98% of that is unused
edit4: is it possible to provide a direct link to the .torrents? wget doesnt like php-downloads

Last edited by robmaloy (2008-05-23 08:52:34)

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Stythys

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

rob, if you look on the main page on the left, there's a link that says which torrents really need seeders. you can also go to browse torrents and order by number of seeders.

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robmaloy

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

yeah but it'd be more convenient to receive email than to check the page every now and then

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crouse

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

User Name: robmaloy
User Class: Uploader

robmaloy...... you can now upload those Debian torrents    
Use the official torrents, it's

A. Simpler
B. Gives downloaders a lot faster downloads using the official torrents.

ArchLinux Torrents ---------

Type    Name    DL    Uploader    Comm    Size    S    L    Health    L/E
ArchLinux: 64-bit      Archlinux-x86 64-2007.08-2.ftp.iso    Download .torrent    crouse    0     31.48 MB     7     0         E
ArchLinux: 64-bit      Archlinux-x86 64-2007.08-2.core.iso    Download .torrent    crouse    0     166.16 MB     18     0         E
ArchLinux: 32-bit      Archlinux-i686-2007.08-2.ftp.iso    Download .torrent    crouse    0     30.03 MB     14     0         E
ArchLinux: 32-bit      Archlinux-i686-2007.08-2.core.iso    Download .torrent    crouse    0     158.00 MB     61     3         E
ArchLinux: LiveCD      arch-live-20080403.iso    Download .torrent    bdquick    1     635.51 MB     3     0         L
ArchLinux: 64-bit      arch-ftp-install-2008.04-rc-x86 64....    Download .torrent    crouse    1     140.63 MB     2     0         L
ArchLinux: 32-bit      arch-ftp-install-2008.04-rc-i686.is...    Download .torrent    crouse    1     136.76 MB     2     0         L
ArchLinux: 64-bit      arch-core-install-2008.04-rc-x86 64...    Download .torrent    crouse    1     302.79 MB     5     0         L
ArchLinux: 32-bit      arch-core-install-2008.04-rc-i686.i...    Download .torrent    crouse    1     286.96 MB     5     0         L

scj

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

You should try and get rid of the login for just browsing and downloading torrents. I would rather just download it somewhere else than sign up for yet another site.

Last edited by scj (2008-06-03 08:59:28)

pyther

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

Or what about the official torrents? Granted there are no torrents for 2008.04-rc, but there are torrents for ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2008.03/i686/

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Atticus

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

You may want to set up some kind of CAPTCHA system for the email, because you're going to get a SPAM storm of false registrations.

xdeusx

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

You should try and get rid of the login for just browsing and downloading torrents. I would rather just download it somewhere else than sign up for yet another site.

I second that, why bother with signing up if I can download it from for example archlinux.org without an account.

crouse

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

Or what about the official torrents? Granted there are no torrents for 2008.04-rc, but there are torrents for ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2008.03/i686/

I honestly didn't see those...... I just looked at the http://www.archlinux.org/download/  page, and used those torrents.... I will remedy that later tonight though   Thanks.

I will also look into allowing visitors to browse and download without registering........ I think I had had an issue where if I allowed anonymous use, it for some reason allowed anyone to upload.......which was definitely NOT a good idea.  I'll look into it again though.

Stythys

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

why are so many ppl complaining about signing up? I can, literally, sign up a new account in 20 seconds. 20 seconds! It would TAKE you that long to go to another site =P. stop being so damn lazy

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scj

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

why are so many ppl complaining about signing up? I can, literally, sign up a new account in 20 seconds. 20 seconds! It would TAKE you that long to go to another site =P. stop being so damn lazy

Considering that the site is meant, as far as I can tell, as a help for lazy people to find iso torrents, it's kind of silly to expect that said lazy user wouldn't be too lazy to sign up. That's 20 seconds I could've just as well spent on looking up the distros site for the official torrent, rendering the entire purpose of the site void.

Personally, I find the site useless as long as it demands me to sign up for no apparent reason.

crouse

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

It would allow you to find the official torrents of most major distro's ............. saving you a bit of google time I suppose, it also allows you to make comments etc to the different sections of the site and if able, to upload torrents as well. It actually DOES serve a purpose... whether you understand the reason or not.

Stythys

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yeah, the whole website's purpose is not just to save you ten seconds of google time, lol.

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scj

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

Look, all I am saying is that this is web 2.0 done wrong, where it is assumed that the user is going to contribute content and forced to sign up for yet another site and somehow manage yet another password, or possibly the reuse yet another password that will lead to yet another attack vector for a security compromise. And for what? A linux iso that I could find just as easily on their official site or any other linux iso torrent site.

So right now, the site is broken from a usability standpoint.

Stythys

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wow, someone's paranoid

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scj

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Speaking of paranoia, is there some mechanism that makes it easy for the user to validate the checksum of the isos?

crouse

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Re: Arch Linux Torrents - Need Seeders - LinuxTorrents.org

So right now, the site is broken from a usability standpoint.

That's YOUR opinion, and your entitled to it....... I am looking into allowing unregistered viewers to access content, but in all honesty, I'm not sure it's really to much to ask to have people sign up. There is no email verification required or anything that will cause you much trouble. Most torrent sites DO ask you to sign up