spicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agowhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down16
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkwhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipspicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoi tell people* it’s because torrents are faster** but it’s really because they’re cooler *i made that up i’ve never gotten that far into a conversation about distro downloads **in my experience it is actually a bit faster
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIf the cdn limits download speeds, it can be quite a bit faster. Like I have gigabit speeds at my library. Its faster to torrent the os and download it from my seedbox than it is to do a direct download.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agogigabit!? what amazing country does this library exist in!?
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoIt’s my university library. Should have clarified.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agothat’s still impressive!
i tell people* it’s because torrents are faster**
but it’s really because they’re cooler
*i made that up i’ve never gotten that far into a conversation about distro downloads
**in my experience it is actually a bit faster
If the cdn limits download speeds, it can be quite a bit faster. Like I have gigabit speeds at my library. Its faster to torrent the os and download it from my seedbox than it is to do a direct download.
gigabit!? what amazing country does this library exist in!?
It’s my university library. Should have clarified.
that’s still impressive!