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Re:Download responsibly by nativeit on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:44AM (#45330268)
I certainly take advantage of BitTorrent mirrors for downloading Debian ISOs, as they are generally MUCH faster.
Re:Download responsibly by nopurpose on Monday September 22, 2025 @04:23AM (#45330538)
All Linux ISOs collectors in the world wholeheartedly agree.
Re:Download responsibly by Sesse__ on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:18AM (#45331353)
Are you serious? Most Debian ISO mirrors I've used have 10gig connectivity and usually push a gigabit or two fairly easily. BitTorrent is generally a lot slower than that (it's a pretty terrible protocol for connecting you to actually fast peers and getting stuff quickly from them).
Re:Download responsibly by queenkjuul on Monday September 22, 2025 @12:01PM (#45335339)
I've definitely seen higher speeds with BitTorrent, pretty easily maxing out my gbe nics, but I'm not downloading Debian images specifically with much frequency.