(OT) Bit Torrent usage ...

[Ugo Bellavance]

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?
> 
> Mike

The most obvious advantage is not for you.  It is that Bit Torrent uses
everyone's bandwidth instead of only using the mirror's (which is costly).

Bittorrent only "publish" the files you want to publish.

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