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I’ve cancelled Netflix. Just wasn’t using it enough for the price. Instead I will entertain myself by downloading Linux distributions on BitTorrent.
I had to upgrade the 4x8TB drives in my Synology NAS box to 4x12TB to hold all of the extra Linux ISO's I was downloading.
There are just so many distributions.
Got a recommendation for a Nas? My 12tb is getting so full of Linux distros, I have to expand faster than I thought
Synology’s smaller units are great and with a few docker configs you are ready to go.
I use Synology, works as smb, cifs, and nfs for my in garage proxmox stuff. It's pretty good for the money
I have an older one... 411j I think. Amazon gifted it to me one day... so nice of them.
Awesome! But I hope you aren't using the actual program "bitTorrent" cause that shit had a litany of privacy and security issues that I don't even know where to start describing. A good one nowadays is qBitTorrent
I exclusively use qbittorrent to download Linux distros.
Don't forget to upload some ISOs as well! Keep the network healthy and happy :)
What do you use for other downloads?
It’s qbittorrent all the way down.
You use qbittorrent to download qbittorrent? I think that causes a rip in the spacetime continuum.
It's an impressive piece of software, alright
You don't solve that by using another program. You try to reduce the damage by using the torrent client in a dedicated virtual machine and reset the machine to the original image at regular intervals.
Yeah or you could, you know, just download a program that isn't problematic.