spicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agowhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down17
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkwhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipspicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month agogigabit!? what amazing country does this library exist in!?
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s my university library. Should have clarified.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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!