(OT) Bit Torrent usage ...

[K. Richard Pixley]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> I see that the Red Hat site suggests Bit Torrent.
>
> I went to the website, and I don't see where it would
> help. And I don't understand the bit about "if you don't
> allow Bit Torrent to upload from your machine, you won't
> get improved download rates."
>
> They specifically state that it is a means for publishing
> things from one's own machine to the world.
>
> Can anyone explain, in ordinary language, what possible
> advantage it would give me over, say, wget?

I see two advantages which lead me to use it for large distros.

   1. Network citizenship.  It's easier on the popular servers which
      means that it's available even when they are clogged.
   2. Restartability.  I can start a download.  Freeze it.  And later
      restart it with bittorent.  For huge distros, that's a big win.

It's not faster for me, not usually.  At least, not presuming that the 
primary servers are actually available and I can afford to let the 
download run it's course.

--rich
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