Very good :) Is it possible to change the thread topic from "Slackware 14.1 Torrents" ?

It's not so helpful for new users seeking out torrents for 14.2 (and then 15, etc).

Member response
 

Hi,

We had this discussion in the past. You would notice that if you read the whole thread.

I requested a update notice link to a current torrent announcement in post #135 to be placed in the OP so we do not loose information and members can see the necessary current links & information.

Plus a subject title update as 'Slackware 14.1 & 14.2 Torrents! Please seed to relieve slackware.com and mirrors.'

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip:

Ok cool. But no, I didn't read the full 10 pages (and I actually read this forum too). So I doubt that many casual observers who are just looking for a torrent link to the latest release are going to read them either ;) The thread title update is good, but why keep 14.1 in there still (2013 release)?

Also for whoever updates the first post, I think it would be beneficial to put the updates up top and have them clearly labelled (e.g. "Slackware 14.2 torrents" rather than just "update"). 14.2 torrents should be the first thing the user sees. Right now you get visually hit by "Torrents for Slackware 14.0, 32-bit x86". 99.9% of new visits to the thread will be looking for Slackware 14.2 torrents, so might as well at least put the link where their eyes will be.

Distrowatch.com is currently hosting a Slackware-14.2 torrent:

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?i...160704#torrent

Seeding the 64-bit DVD and source DVD.

Grabbed the 32bit version, thanks for seeding, fast torrent.

Member response
 

Hi,
Some users will still use Slackware 14.1 and some will go back too earlier versions. No reason to loose the information since it can be useful to other members. There are reasons to use older Slackware versions for legacy hardware and such. I do have older hardware that I use earlier versions on. Most of my newer hardware was using '-current' and now 14.2.

I believe the update links are provided in a proper manner. A request to make edits were to the Slackware forum moderator.

As for the thread content, most users will view the first and may jump through the thread but the OP is the best place for updated links to information. Eyes will be on the first post of the thread unless the member selects different pages. You do not open a book in the middle to read but sometimes you may skim depending on reading material most users will start at the front/first chapter. I cannot see providing you with what you are asking. If you feel the need is necessary then create a thread to provide such. My original intent was to provide the means for new users to get links for torrents for Slackware along with support information.

I feel we are drifting from the topic and if you wish to continue this discussion then feel free to contact me so the thread will not be fragmented by this type of discussion.

Thread presentations are good from my perspectives.

Back on topic please.

Torrents for the Slackware 14.2 Live ISOs are available too:
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sla...2-live.torrent
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sla...2-live.torrent

You can find them announced on our tracker: http://tracker2.transamrit.net:8082/

Exactly, I mean in the OP, but in logical order and clearly labelled. Like this;
The title would be chronological also;
I don't see much to debate, it's just a little more helpful for new users. That's all.

I'm getting a tracker error for 14.2 64bit;

Slackware has three trackers: http://tracker1.transamrit.net:8082/ http://tracker2.transamrit.net:8082/ and http://tracker3.transamrit.net:8082/ and they should be synced to eachother. But I noticed that only tracker2 (where I uploaded the .torrent file) actually tracks the Live ISOs. Tracker1 does not mention it (and a lot of others) and tracker3 is not even responding.

I c an see that so far, the 64bit ISO has been torrented 7 times so I am fairly certain that this error you are getting is related to tracker failure.

Transmission is trying tracker2.transamrit.net:8082 and giving me that error message (it's started to download though).

I've been seeing that error too (using rtorrent), but it's seeding anyway (showing outbound traffic), so I ignored it.

There must be a lot of people seeding or not many downloading as I've not had much upload traffic from mine.

I've uploaded 146.93GB in 22 days with a 100Mbps upload capacity, and I'm showing 372 seeds with 14 peers. When the seed:peer ratio is this high, individual seeds tend to not provide much data (I'm seeding less than 100Kbps right now).