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I really want to torrent distros since my connection is slow, but, I always thought it was safer to download the distro from a server, so, is it safe or safer to torrent? Besides the speed, whats the difference between torrenting them and downloading them?
In my experience torrent distro downloads are just as good as a ftp download. I've downloaded several distros and even versions of Windows via torrenting. Give it a try. If anything just install a different distro if things don't work so well.
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I really want to torrent distros since my connection is slow, but, I always thought it was safer to download the distro from a server, so, is it safe or safer to torrent? Besides the speed, whats the difference between torrenting them and downloading them?
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While you should do your diligence, torrents are no less secure than any other distribution mechanism. I use torrents pretty much exclusively for any download larger than 1GB.
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Number of times I've downloaded distros from torrent and till now I found no problem.
So it's safe to torrent linux distros. Most of the Linux downloads are torrents. The problem with getting Linux from servers is it's a large file and if the download gets interrupted you have to start over at zero.
I have had success downloading from torrents, except with mandriva, but i should add that for mandriva i also had issues downloading the normal way. I have had success downloading other distros using torrents though.
Normally is possible to download the torrent directly from the distro website, about the problem with download been interrupted via http and have to start over there are softwares that can manage the download for you, like GetRight just to mention one, it isnt free thou but i believe there are some free ones.
The only hole that I know of is the distributed hash but in the end you need to use the disto's shal or md5 to prove not only a true download but a correct one.
Number of times I've downloaded distros from torrent and till now I found no problem.
So it's safe to torrent linux distros. Most of the Linux downloads are torrents.
No, most Linux ISO's are just that...ISO's that you get from their websites. They *ARE* usually torrented, sometimes by the publishers...sometimes not.
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The problem with getting Linux from servers is it's a large file and if the download gets interrupted you have to start over at zero.
No, sorry. As with any large file, if you use a download manager and the download is interrupted, you pick back up where you left off
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