Comments on: Its Always the Little Things http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-always-the-little-things Kevin Kubasik's Personal Blog Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:28:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: smoon http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-42 smoon Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:34:49 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-42 AFAIK transmission (http://transmission.m0k.org) supports PEX. Overall it's a great client, the only thing I'm missing about it is the lack of a queue in the GTK+ gui. AFAIK transmission (http://transmission.m0k.org) supports PEX. Overall it’s a great client, the only thing I’m missing about it is the lack of a queue in the GTK+ gui.

]]> By: Bittorrent Software on Linux: Part 2 - For Once I Oneder http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Bittorrent Software on Linux: Part 2 - For Once I Oneder Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:25:08 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-46 [...] 26. March 2007 Hacking, Linux, Gnome, Ubuntu A follow up to my earlier post. [...] [...] 26. March 2007 Hacking, Linux, Gnome, Ubuntu A follow up to my earlier post. [...]

]]> By: kevin http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-47 kevin Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:26:40 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-47 Sorry, by PXE I meant PEX, which stands for Peer EXchange, it was started by azureus, but is also implemented by uTorrent, and is a means of sharing peers and seeds with other peers and vice versa. For me, this is a real deal breaker, its a wonderful system and significantly decreases bootstrap time on new torrents, and dramatically increases the number of peers that we can find, especially if a tracker is slow or down. Sorry, by PXE I meant PEX, which stands for Peer EXchange, it was started by azureus, but is also implemented by uTorrent, and is a means of sharing peers and seeds with other peers and vice versa.

For me, this is a real deal breaker, its a wonderful system and significantly decreases bootstrap time on new torrents, and dramatically increases the number of peers that we can find, especially if a tracker is slow or down.

]]> By: http://talisein.livejournal.com/ http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-43 http://talisein.livejournal.com/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:44:21 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-43 Just to be clear, rtorrent's libtorrent is not the same as the SourceForge libtorrent project. I don't know what PXE is, but rtorrent supports encryption in the stable branch as of January or so. Just to be clear, rtorrent’s libtorrent is not the same as the SourceForge libtorrent project. I don’t know what PXE is, but rtorrent supports encryption in the stable branch as of January or so.

]]> By: http://frylock.myopenid.com/ http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44 http://frylock.myopenid.com/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:47:15 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-44 Why not azureus? Fast and highly customizable - though a little buggy if you don't use Sun's java VM. Why not azureus? Fast and highly customizable – though a little buggy if you don’t use Sun’s java VM.

]]> By: http://openid.aol.com/untitled9 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-45 http://openid.aol.com/untitled9 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:28:47 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-45 Have you checked out MonoTorrent? http://www.monotorrent.com/ I haven't, but I've been checking in on its development from time to time and it seems to be maturing very quickly. Sounds very lightweight and hackable as well! Have you checked out MonoTorrent?

http://www.monotorrent.com/

I haven’t, but I’ve been checking in on its development from time to time and it seems to be maturing very quickly.

Sounds very lightweight and hackable as well!

]]> By: Peter’s Blog » Re: Its Always the Little Things http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Peter’s Blog » Re: Its Always the Little Things Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:54:16 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-51 [...] Kevin, I know not how “light” you’re referring to (I’ve a personal policy against using any proprietary software where such comparably usable Free alternatives exist), but my favorite client is by far Transmission. It works well; it’s UI is nice and simple, and it seems to integrate well with the rest of my GNOME desktop. [...] [...] Kevin, I know not how “light” you’re referring to (I’ve a personal policy against using any proprietary software where such comparably usable Free alternatives exist), but my favorite client is by far Transmission. It works well; it’s UI is nice and simple, and it seems to integrate well with the rest of my GNOME desktop. [...]

]]> By: http://majick.myopenid.com/ http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-48 http://majick.myopenid.com/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:04:28 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-48 I'm currently using utorrent under wine as a last ditch effort at reasonable BT performance. I used to use Bittornado with no issues on a business ADSL connection to my home (read: not packet filtered). A move and limits on available net providers suddenly changed my sunny BT basking disposition to gloomy BT desperation. The latest build of Bittornado supposedly has encryption built in, but gods help me if I get it to work properly if at all. I tried rtorrent. I swear I did. In my experience rtorrent was just as bad. I'm not flaming you understand... I recall liking something about the interface and it's ability to provide way, way, WAY, more information about currently running torrents. It just would not work for me. I wish it did. But it didn't. I miss being able to ssh in to my box from wherever, screen -rd, elinks http://my.favorite.torrent.site, download and manage my torrents and get out quicker than the MP/RIAA subpoenas your grandmother... ... ... Hence, utorrent, wine, and a search for a secure remote control desktop program to replace the infamously insecure VNC, but that's a whole other rant. Ultimately, a little ssh know-how couple with VNC and I'm in business. That said, Some good ol' utorrent encryption action added to Deluge if you must GUI, and to Bittornado and/or rtorrent, and we might have something good cooking. Phew. I’m currently using utorrent under wine as a last ditch effort at reasonable BT performance. I used to use Bittornado with no issues on a business ADSL connection to my home (read: not packet filtered). A move and limits on available net providers suddenly changed my sunny BT basking disposition to gloomy BT desperation. The latest build of Bittornado supposedly has encryption built in, but gods help me if I get it to work properly if at all.
I tried rtorrent. I swear I did. In my experience rtorrent was just as bad. I’m not flaming you understand… I recall liking something about the interface and it’s ability to provide way, way, WAY, more information about currently running torrents. It just would not work for me. I wish it did. But it didn’t.
I miss being able to ssh in to my box from wherever, screen -rd, elinks http://my.favorite.torrent.site, download and manage my torrents and get out quicker than the MP/RIAA subpoenas your grandmother… … …
Hence, utorrent, wine, and a search for a secure remote control desktop program to replace the infamously insecure VNC, but that’s a whole other rant. Ultimately, a little ssh know-how couple with VNC and I’m in business.
That said, Some good ol’ utorrent encryption action added to Deluge if you must GUI, and to Bittornado and/or rtorrent, and we might have something good cooking.
Phew.

]]> By: kevin http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-49 kevin Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:34:50 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-49 Hmmm, its muuuuch lighter, which is very nice, still libtorrent, which means no PXE or more advanced features, but its cool to know its there. Hmmm, its muuuuch lighter, which is very nice, still libtorrent, which means no PXE or more advanced features, but its cool to know its there.

]]> By: http://crdlb.myopenid.com/ http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/comment-page-1/#comment-50 http://crdlb.myopenid.com/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:01:43 +0000 http://kubasik.net/blog/2007/03/20/its-always-the-little-things/#comment-50 Just a little fyi, I really like rtorrent (it's ncurses-based but you can set it to monitor a folder for .torrents) and it's at least as efficient as utorrent. It's perfect for my needs at least. Just a little fyi, I really like rtorrent (it’s ncurses-based but you can set it to monitor a folder for .torrents) and it’s at least as efficient as utorrent. It’s perfect for my needs at least.

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