[ros-general] Torrents for ReactOS build environment

[Devel]

> But maybe I did not explore all alternatives at the time.

You know, SourceForge was more user-friendly in the past. Sometimes I 
fail to remember how to select another mirror.

Other mirrors are in the "Problems Downloading?" button.


Regards,

João Jerónimo


Às 10:35 de 24/06/2021, Devel escreveu:
>
> Hello.
>
>
> It depends. At the time that I created the torrent, the official 
> download source was too slow, therefore taking a lot of time.
>
> But maybe I did not explore all alternatives at the time.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> João Jerónimo
>
>
>
> Às 18:48 de 04/01/2021, Javier Fernández Arroyo escreveu:
>> no, it didn´t 😉
>> I agree with Aleksey, it does not matter for light software such as BE
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *De:* Ros-general <ros-general-bounces at reactos.org> en nombre de 
>> Aleksey Bragin <aleksey at reactos.org>
>> *Enviado:* lunes, 4 de enero de 2021 17:14
>> *Para:* ros-general at reactos.org <ros-general at 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 
>> <https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=281> Torrent listed before iso link
>> > https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads 
>> <https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads> -> scroll down 
>> for bittorrent
>> > https://www.debian.org/distrib/ <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/ 
>> <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 at reactos.org>:
>> >> 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 
>> <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 <https://download.reactos.org>
>> >> I guess that is the URL which actually needs more advertising.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Colin
>> >>
>>
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