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Rob Beard writes: > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi, I've recently been trying to pick up bittorrent. I found this site where >> it was explained; >> BitTorrent is not like other peer-to-peer applications (such as Winmx, >> Kazaa, Gnutella, etc.) in that it does not have its own "universe." Put >> another way, BT lives on top of the Web, which means that all of the >> searching/listing of available files is done on the web. When you find a >> file you want to download, you click on it and the BitTorrent client program >> will run and ask you where to put it, >> ....if this is right then does this not make Bittorrent just like a download >> manager? When I use Limewire I often find obscure techno music that I'm sure >> a google searchg wouldn't find. Why should I use bit torrent? >> Cheers, Jon. >> > > You can find all sorts of stuff on Bit Torrent using sites such as > Mininova.org and PirateBay.org. Some of it is legal and some of it > isn't so it's up to you if you go and have a look at these sites. > > Bit Torrent is more than just a download manager. The files are stored > on individual users computers just like LimeWire/WinMX etc and when you > download something you're also making the file available to others who > can download chunks of it from your machine. This is where it differs. > A download manager just downloads where as Bit Torrent downloads and > uploads. > > Part of the idea I think is to ease the load on servers. For instance > when a new Fedora DVD comes out it's about 3GB or so. If 100 people > download that 3GB ISO from a site then it's going to hammer the poor > server. If however they use BitTorrent then the ISO can be downloaded > from hundreds if not thousands of machines which means a higher speed > download and less strain on the main Fedora servers. Even if each > client machine only uploads 1K per second, connecting to a few hundred > machines soon speeds the downloads for the users downloading. > > Rob > .......actually after I wrote this email I found Mininova.org and yes found some interesting/usefull stuff on there. I'm beginning to appreciate bitT now. Cheers, JOn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html