11.2 - Torrents Some Need Seeds

[robopensuse]

If you have particularly the Iso's for :

DVD i586
DVD x86_64
GNOME Livecd x86_64

Could you consider seeding a torrent (even at small upload bandwidth), Ktorrent won't stomp on an iso file you already downloaded, it just checks the data for correctness.

Even a small bandwidth contribution will help downloaders, as leechers amplify your contributions by seeding each other with the data you upload.

Without some more seeders the torrents will die.

[microchip8]

I wish I could right now at the moment, but my monthly volume is already at its end (have 2 days to go until they reset it, though) and my tracker at http://neutrino.dynalias.net:8080 is consuming the rest.

I don't understand the "won't stomp on iso file you already downloaded". What do you mean by that? do you mean that you can't reseed an already downloaded file? If so, yes you can, even with ktorrent

[bigbearomaha]

I am seeding at night. about 6pm t o6am central time seeding kde live, gnome live and install dvd.

Big Bear

[robopensuse]

Originally Posted by bigbearomaha

I am seeding at night. about 6pm t o6am central time seeding kde live, gnome live and install dvd.

That's great, then we'll gradually pick up the bits I'm missing. It's "GNOME Livecd x86_64" which has stalled completely.

Just having a torrent running at slow upload speed suffices, to improve things for downloaders. Finding a dead torrent, won't make a good impression on any one trying out the distro.

You could also set download speed slower than upload, and join a torrent with intention of seeding, it'll help things, even if you don't need the files.

[bigbearomaha]

if you're trying to get them now, I just fired up ktorrent, so mine are seeding as we speak.

Big Bear

[robopensuse]

Originally Posted by microchip8

I don't understand the "won't stomp on iso file you already downloaded". What do you mean by that? do you mean that you can't reseed an already downloaded file? If so, yes you can, even with ktorrent

I mean you can seed with Ktorrent with a file you already downloaded. This does not appear to be true of Kget

I was trying to reassure those who haven't tried before, or might consider download Gnome Live x86_64 via metalink client like aria2c, that they can then run a torrent.

Actually K3b can extract the ISO off disks you burnt to, if you want to seed, without re-downloading.

[microchip8]

I've no idea how kget works nor do I use it. You also didn't meantion anything about kget, which confused me when you wrote about ktorrent

for ktorrent, as long at you have the real file and the torrent file, you can re-seed it pretty easily, all one needs to do is go to File -> Import Torrent and provide both the torrent file and its data file

[growbag]

I'm seeding both the 32bit and 64bit DVDs, but I can only spare 15k/sec each, otherwise I can't browse webpages!

[Wilson_Phillips]

I will restart my seed of DVD x86_64 when I get home from work this evening.

[robopensuse]

Originally Posted by microchip8

for ktorrent, as long at you have the real file and the torrent file, you can re-seed it pretty easily, all one needs to do is go to File -> Import Torrent and provide both the torrent file and its data file

I had downloaded with default for Metalink Kget, and re-downloading the torrent files and opening them with Ktorrent did the right thing. It meant I didn't have to know where the torrent file had been stashed by Kget. Kget is the KDE download manager, which operates with Konqi and FF to let you queue & manage downloads.

If you have another machine on internal network, I found using aria2c(1) on the metalink file, is a great way of establishing a seed quickly, as it does parallel download with web & down/up loads to your torrent, in an apparently intelligent manner, which has let me seed the Gnome x86_64 Live CD.

We seem to have picked up some seeders & leechers now, so the download speeds should be higher thanks to our 'trickles', as the downloaders are sticking around again.