Find Linux Torrents Quickly

torrentnerd writes "If you're on the hunt for Linux ISO Torrents you might want to check out the long list of recently released distro torrents over at LinuxISOtorrent.com. They've got frequently updated torrents from A (Arch) to Z (Zen). The site only does one thing, but does it well - helps you get the latest Linux distros downloaded via BitTorrent, quickly."

Comments

Nice clean layout but....

[Anonymous Coward]

live tracker stats would be an obvious plus...

Is this off-topic? So many flavors?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a Windows user and went briefly to Fedora Core 3. I had problems when I upgraded my computer and couldn't get FC3 running again, even after a full recompile.

I was asking questions on www.linuxquestions.org, but nobody could help me even though I posted all of the error messages and problems, so they recommend I try another version of Linux.

This site illustrates one of the problems with Linux that most regular users would have. How do you pick one of these? How do you compare them all and say "That one has the features I need". It looks like there is at least 50+ different distros. Do you have to click on each little site info graphic just to learn about them? It is just too confusing to know which one to use, and I'm a computer programmer with a decent amount of computer skills. I'd hate to see what poor Aunt Mable or Grandma would think if they saw that list.

And not that anyone is interested, but I finally bit the bullet and bought an OEM version of XP SP2 to save money on the Microsoft tax (I was Win 98 before switching to FC3).

Re:Legality?

[HermanAB]

The RIAA/MPAA probably won't be that stupid, but they can sue you for downloading Linux with a torrent. You cannot prevent people from sueing you, but that doesn't mean that they have a case or will win in court. Most likely, a Judge will throw such a case out and refuse to waste his time on it.

A (Arch)

[soloport]

Arch Linux is a breath of fresh air.

Re:Legality?

[Barsema]

Or even Bittorrent and PGP ....

Too many distro?!?

[giacomo-b]

It's quite a pity to see all these distros... the opensource communit is wasting a lot of efforts on reinventing one hundred times the same things...

I know that this will never happen but why not focus on a "server distro", on a "desktop distro" and on a "minimalistic distro" rather than developing hundreds of clones of themselves?!?

Re:Too many distro?!?

[poofyhairguy82]

I know that this will never happen but why not focus on a "server distro", on a "desktop distro" and on a "minimalistic distro" rather than developing hundreds of clones of themselves?!?

This always gets modded insightful, but the truth is that the posts lacks a careful insight. The reason why Linux won't unify is because their is many more different needs for OSes beyond "server" and "desktop." Embedded systems need an OS, firewalls need an OS, low end desktops need an OS, high end desktops and workstations need an OS, web servers need an OS, servers needed for specific venders software needs an OS, Joe Users needs an OS if it helps his ego. For each of these uses for an OS (and more) there is a least one Linux based OS serving the need.

The closest thing the Windows world has for many of these things is older versions of the OSes. Linux is just a kernel used in many more ways than I can imagine. Each distro is its own OS (based on Linux) and so the problem is that there might be too many OSes since Linux came around. And that might be true if you fear choice....

Something nobody seems to have pointed out yet...

[iantri]

... is that this is an *EXCELLENT* example of what BitTorrent is for; that is to say, not for distributing pirates movies/games/music, but for reducing bandwidth load on servers.

Next time the media does a story on the "illegal file-trading site BitTorrent", you can point to this and say, "See? It really has little to do with that at all.."