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Why do you use a VPN to download free and publicly available iso images? (Ubuntu). Just curious. Do you download directly from a mirror or use BitTorrent for t

Why do you use a VPN to download free and publicly available iso images? (Ubuntu). Just curious. Do you download directly from a mirror or use BitTorrent for this? (If the latter I think I kind of understand the rationale for the VPN)

syntaxstic 5y ago
Probably because of this - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-notice-targeted-ubuntu-downloaders-yesterday/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-n...
xuki 5y ago
linux iso is code for pirated content
- Jiocus 5y ago
  And here I was, still thinking Linux was "an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War".
  - soylentcola 5y ago
    I think you've confused it with Lunix.
    - Jiocus 5y ago
      Or was Lunix confused with Linux? All satire anyhow.
yunohn 5y ago
“Ubuntu ISOs” is a common euphemism for pirated content like media or games.
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chrisfinazzo 5y ago
Until a few months ago, I had never really used BitTorrent to do anything - save for about 20 minutes back in HS almost 20 years ago (!) (I think I was running uTorrent on Windows, it was weird and I really didn't know how to use it.) However, in order to "acquire" [this][1], torrenting was realistically the only sensible option I had. A direct download from the Internet Archive would have taken roughly 7 hours @ 100 Mb/s. The torrent file was done in an hour. To my great surprise, the link isn't dead, so...yeah :) Transmission CLI FTW. [1]: https://www.caseyliss.com/2021/2/14/a-concert-for-charlottesville https://www.caseyliss.com/2021/2/14/a-concert-for-charlottes...
- vultour 5y ago
  13GB would take less than 20 minutes at 100Mbps. Regardless, I’m not sure why you only consider near instant downloads “sensible”. I often spent several days downloading things when I was younger.
  - chrisfinazzo 5y ago
    Not so fast. Yes, 100Mbps is ~12.5 MB/s, however when I initially tried the .mp4 link I found actual speeds to be much less, (hence the hours long wait I mentioned) so there's definitely throttling going on somewhere. Also, don't count your chickens before they hatch. I remember downloading Flight Simulator 2002 mods over a 56K modem in my youth - anything over 10MB was a stretch - and I didn't actually have a broadband connection until I went off to college in 2005.
bjoli 5y ago
My ISP throttles bittorrent traffic.

syntaxstic 5y ago

Probably because of this - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-notice-targeted-ubuntu-downloaders-yesterday/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-n...

xuki 5y ago

linux iso is code for pirated content

Jiocus 5y ago
And here I was, still thinking Linux was "an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War".
- soylentcola 5y ago
  I think you've confused it with Lunix.
  - Jiocus 5y ago
    Or was Lunix confused with Linux? All satire anyhow.

yunohn 5y ago

“Ubuntu ISOs” is a common euphemism for pirated content like media or games.

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chrisfinazzo 5y ago

Until a few months ago, I had never really used BitTorrent to do anything - save for about 20 minutes back in HS almost 20 years ago (!) (I think I was running uTorrent on Windows, it was weird and I really didn't know how to use it.) However, in order to "acquire" [this][1], torrenting was realistically the only sensible option I had. A direct download from the Internet Archive would have taken roughly 7 hours @ 100 Mb/s. The torrent file was done in an hour. To my great surprise, the link isn't dead, so...yeah :) Transmission CLI FTW. [1]: https://www.caseyliss.com/2021/2/14/a-concert-for-charlottesville https://www.caseyliss.com/2021/2/14/a-concert-for-charlottes...

vultour 5y ago
13GB would take less than 20 minutes at 100Mbps. Regardless, I’m not sure why you only consider near instant downloads “sensible”. I often spent several days downloading things when I was younger.
- chrisfinazzo 5y ago
  Not so fast. Yes, 100Mbps is ~12.5 MB/s, however when I initially tried the .mp4 link I found actual speeds to be much less, (hence the hours long wait I mentioned) so there's definitely throttling going on somewhere. Also, don't count your chickens before they hatch. I remember downloading Flight Simulator 2002 mods over a 56K modem in my youth - anything over 10MB was a stretch - and I didn't actually have a broadband connection until I went off to college in 2005.

bjoli 5y ago

My ISP throttles bittorrent traffic.