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Old 9th August 2007, 03:40 PM
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A dedicated torrent box... which distro / torrent client?

I'm looking to setup a dedicated box to process torrent files... downloading, reseeding etc.
If this is all I am looking to do, should I go with Fedora or something on a smaller scale... for instance, Damn Small Linux.

I'm curious as to which torrent client you all use... I'm looking for something that will run on Linux and also has the ability to schedule how much bandwidth to use during the course of the day. Obviously, I want to limit the bandwidth it uses when I am on the network surfing the net or playing a game. However, at night and early morning... I want it maxed out.

Any ideas on what distro and/or bit torrent client would be best for a dedicated box?
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Old 9th August 2007, 04:18 PM
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as far as a distro, no matter what you use wont make any difference to the torrent part. The internet is your weak link here. As far as most efficient distro, my money would go on a stripped and tweaked Gentoo without X. But is it really worth the bother? I seriously doubt it. If it were me I would run whatever I was most comfortable with, which would be either debian etch or Fedora 7 running XFCE for me.

As far as torrent clients, I dislike torrents and I just use Transmission when I need one.
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Old 9th August 2007, 04:47 PM
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bittorrent or azureus. for distro fedora ftw. as far as bandwidth scheduling..... Not sure how you would do that except for changing those limits when you sit down to use it.
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Old 9th August 2007, 05:37 PM
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I use bittorrent and sometimes azureus.

As for the dedicated box, I would use the distro I am the most familiar with (Fedora?) because I don't think it really matters.
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