If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
Post a reply to the thread: Which OS do you like for torrents?
Click here to log in
What comes after M0nday
You may choose an icon for your message from this list
Will turn www.example.com into [URL]http://www.example.com[/URL].
You may rate this thread from 1-star (Terrible) to 5-stars (Excellent) if you wish to do so.
Which OS do you like for torrents? Windows Vista which came on my laptop. Plan to move to 7 when I get around to it (which knowing me will be a while).
Which OS do you like for torrents?
Which OS do you like for torrents? OS X with rtorrent/transmittion
Which OS do you like for torrents? home connection: win 7 FTW :P
Which OS do you like for torrents? home - Windows XP seedbox - linux
Which OS do you like for torrents? Windows 7 Ultimate. Not used linux for couple of months now. Last distro i tried was Mint 7 i think.
Which OS do you like for torrents? I like linux even for torrents :P never had a server, home speed is very fast! 384 kbps ftw o/
Which OS do you like for torrents? I know which OS I absolutely hate. hint: it ends with X.
Which OS do you like for torrents? home - Windows.7 seedbox - ubuntu
Which OS do you like for torrents? Windows Vista ultimate licensed in my laptop
Which OS do you like for torrents? Hey guys, The feedback is great. Thank you. Originally Posted by ca_aok Assuming you're referring to seedboxes only, Debian. My load average is around 0.26, and that's with all sorts of things running at once (rtorrent/rutorrent, apache, ZNC, eggdrop, mysql, xvfb, etc). Having a load average of 2 running rtorrent alone implies CentOS is a terrible choice. And that's with 200 torrents, not 60. Other advantages: easy package management, abundance of guides, very stable operating system (unless you're running SID), and low resource use. I'd have to disagree about debian being "stable". Debian has it's ups and downs, and if I would risk the downtime, debian has quite a few nice features. As for the load, my servers run apache, rtorrent, standard services, plus a few additional daemons written specifically for different purposes(perl, very low overhead). rtorrent is being run multiple times, for any number of users. In reality, I have more processes running under my seedbox servers, then I do under my streaming servers, lol. As for the question about the kernel mods, I use sysctl and apply different memory options and such, I spent about 2 months tweaking it out right, and trying to find the balance. Overall, the systems run quite smoothly. I see many like Windows XP, and I agree for a home operating system, windows XP is nice. I recommend you guys check out windows 7. I too feared it was the "improved" version of vista(which for microsoft would have been a nearly impossible system to use), but really, it turned out to be one of the best operating systems I have ever tried. I know this will sound like blasphemy, but I think I like it better then XP. it can't run on a low end computer as well as XP can, but on the high end computers(dual or quad + mem), it performs extremely well.
Forum Rules
