New ask Hacker News story: Raspberry Pi Torrentbox
Raspberry Pi Torrentbox
4 by FrankyHollywood | 1 comments on Hacker News.
hey all, Maybe I'm getting old, but I still use torrents a lot. It started when I was in college, I liked having all content I could imaging for free. After that I was mostly annoyed by having to many dvd-boxes and books on the shelves so torrents where a practical solution in the spatial domain. Despite all streaming services available, torrents still have a function. There is no censorship, and as long as people want to share something valuable no corporate directive can make something obsolete. I notice torrents are in strong decline, for lots of content only a few seeds are available. So, let's keep independent content available for all free spirits, and let's create an always-on torrentbox! There are some tutorials online, but most of them are hard to configure setups with customized Linux and Transmission, so lets make it easy. You need: - Raspberry PI (3 is good enough, and uses less energie than 4) - external drive Installation: - Just use the standard Raspberry OS - Install VPN client if your government thinks the world would be a better place without your public available harddrive. - Install qBittorrent > sudo apt install qbittorrent thats it! If you want to run headless, install VNC. Want to have you files available on Windows network? Install Samba. Now share your intellectual valuables!
4 by FrankyHollywood | 1 comments on Hacker News.
hey all, Maybe I'm getting old, but I still use torrents a lot. It started when I was in college, I liked having all content I could imaging for free. After that I was mostly annoyed by having to many dvd-boxes and books on the shelves so torrents where a practical solution in the spatial domain. Despite all streaming services available, torrents still have a function. There is no censorship, and as long as people want to share something valuable no corporate directive can make something obsolete. I notice torrents are in strong decline, for lots of content only a few seeds are available. So, let's keep independent content available for all free spirits, and let's create an always-on torrentbox! There are some tutorials online, but most of them are hard to configure setups with customized Linux and Transmission, so lets make it easy. You need: - Raspberry PI (3 is good enough, and uses less energie than 4) - external drive Installation: - Just use the standard Raspberry OS - Install VPN client if your government thinks the world would be a better place without your public available harddrive. - Install qBittorrent > sudo apt install qbittorrent thats it! If you want to run headless, install VNC. Want to have you files available on Windows network? Install Samba. Now share your intellectual valuables!
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