Bittorrent puts direct connection to shame...

[elfs]

So, yesterday, I wanted to download the new Gentoo disk images for my laptop so I could upgrade it (I'm running 2004.1, and 2005.1 is out now). I tried a direct connection and it told me it would take 8 hours via HTTP for the whole 700MB file.

I usually think of bittorrent as slow. I'm used to it taking days, weeks, or even months to complete a torrent. But I decided, what the heck, I'll pull down the torrent file for Gentoo 2005.1 and see how long it would take. At least, unlike HTTP, the resume wouldn't be expensive.

It took two hours with bittorrent. Cool!

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[elfs.livejournal.com]

Ah, but Omaha has gifted me with a very large hard-drive, and I'd like to install Gentoo on it. But without a reliable boot media, that's going to be difficult.