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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."
I see a link to report dead torrents. Why not automatically check for dead links occasionally?
I suppose they can be given some leniency, but if it's down for a whole week, it shouldn't require human intervention to drop from the page.
Transcend Humanity. Please.
Also some of the *BSDs.
Is this legal? Can't the MPAA sue you if you use BitTorrent, even if it is just to download Linux?
live tracker stats would be an obvious plus...
I have over 20GB of linux distros/kernels in my online file storage. I have hit many of the torrents over the past couple months stocking up. I can't stand trying to find a mirror that is fast enough, so storing them, as I do, works out perfectly.
this article's http://www.linuxisotorrent.com/ site will be sweet to find some of the stuff I've been having trouble locating (I hope). so far it looks very cool
do you have shinyfeet?
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).
Try Gentoo.
*giggles inside*
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Any version of Linux will work, but you have to be careful not to load up on services, libraries, and select a light-weight window manager. IceWM and FVWM would be good choices.
"Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
Arch Linux is a breath of fresh air.
Note to self: slow down a tad when reading slashdot headlines.
Only pirates trading in 'copyright infringing materials' use bittorrent.
Thats what my friends at the *aa's told my child in school last week anyway... And something about a 'reward program' of some sort.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
lol. Ten years later.... "for the love of god its finished installing!!"
for providing free advertising.
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I thought the story sounded like an advertisement:
whois linuxisotorrent.com
Updated Date: 27-may-2005
Creation Date: 27-may-2005
Expiration Date: 27-may-2006
As if these things aren't hard enough to find anyway. To the story submitter: I know your new site applies and is a good idea, but don't hijack Slashdot's power for your own gain.
Part of the attractiveness of Linux is that you are not locked in to one particular vendor's way of doing things. This is also part of the problem for new users as the number of choices, while advantageous for the novice or expert, is absolutely daunting for the beginner. linuxquestions.org has a forums section dedicated to distribution reviews created by users. These can give you insight into what distributions might suit your preferences.
http://www.tlm-project.org/ They have the latest Linux torrents, but also some more old ones. It also has a message board.
DSL (damn small linux) was designed for you !
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
The Cloud - because you don't care if your apps and data are up in the air.
Did anyone else notice that the homepage uses Windows XP's Internet Explorer home button icon between the distro's name and its respective website?
g if
From site: http://www.linuxisotorrent.com/images/home.gif
IE screenshot: http://searchy.protecus.de/en/address_bar_search.
Apparently LinuxISOtorrent.com doesn't share the same philosophies which propels the software it indirectly hosts.
I wonder how much money they've made off this slashdotting from advertising? Pffft.
You could try DeLi Linux:
http://www.delilinux.de/
Your machine is very high-end for that distro. Once you've got the basic system running with the IceWM window manager, you can download and install Firefox which should run OK. DeLi Linux is based on Slackware 7.1 and runs briskly even on hardware much slower than yours.
Another option is to go with Debian stable (Woody). Like DeLi Linux, it has the old 2.2 kernel by default. The main browser in there however is Netscape 4.77 Communicator - which can be hard work as a web browser these days, although the email client is excellent (and loads better than many "lightweight" alternatives available today).
(I have a 166MHz Pentium with 72Mb RAM running Woody with Netscape 4.77 which I use as a test web server - a good simple, old-fashioned machine.)
I've had success with VectorLinux. Based on Slackware, it was designed to run a GUI on older machines.
It comes in two flavors - a stripped-down, basic version that works well for web-browsing and email; and the SOHO version which still runs well on older machines, but comes with a full complement of productivity software.
It appears that only the SOHO version is available on the Linux ISO torrent site. The basic version is available at the VectorLinux site itself.
Got to keep the loonies on the path
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.."
A concern is that there is no credit to "The Linux Mirror Project" for any of their work in providing the torrents, its only a couple of static files on a webserver and a revenue stream from the google adverts on the side.
Uninformed stereotype. Gentoo was perfect for my PII 400mhz...up and running with X and firefox under 24 hours. I get to choose what to install and what to leave out....instead of start with what the distro installs and cull the bloat.
Maybe you giggle because you assume a Linux newbie can't read a manual.....
What happens to this site when people start hiding complete movies in 5gig "ISO" torrents.
For instance a complete install of SUSE in DVD form is several gig in size. What's to stop someone from hiding a movie renamed as that?
"Bah!" - Dogbert
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....
Open Source Sushi
http://ikarios.com/bt/ documents http://nat.dyndns.org/, which seeds many torrents. this is not JAET (Just Another Empty Tracker): all downloadable files are present. moreover there are many rare files HTTP access via port 80 and the tracker on a high port (51181) enjoy and if you have some resources please let your client seed after the download
Nice, but what about the BitTorrent Linux Mirror Project? They've been around for a while now. I think they at least deserve a mention, though they do kind of break the real advantage of BitTorrent, by re-hosting torrents. For low demand projects, this might actually make things worse.
Signatures are a waste of bandwi (buffering...)
Gentoo's not really about the compiling...most people point to that as its main difference. What sets gentoo apart is the USE flags and Portage. You can compile programs with the features you want, and say leave out GNOME or KDE support. I run a Flux desktop with minimal Gnome or Kde crap in there....I've got Kde-base installed so I can run the few kde apps I need. But I don't have anything in there I didnt specifically choose to install. If I want a certain package and it brings in too many dependencies, I change my USE flags and it compiles without those options.
Using funroll-loops.org to argue against Gentoo is like boycotting Honda because of all the 'ricers. It's silly to even judge a distro on the basis of some of its less intelligent users. Debian users have a rather bad rep in the Gentoo forums....doesn't mean we hate Debian..in fact, most of us support it or Ubuntu to bring along girlfriend/spouse to Linux...I'll be installing Ubuntu for my girlfriend sometime this month.
On newer systems you dont get much of a performance boost with different CFLAGS, but on his PII it might make a world of difference. I don't use customized CFLAGS so I can keep a more stable system....the boost it gives doesn't really compensate for some stability issues. Those ricers you see on funroll-loops usually break something then get upset when we laugh at them...there are some really great bugs in bugzilla.
Gentoo isn't about the compiling....its about the flexibility and customization to streamline each package.