FreeBSD Torrent Server

[Garrett Cooper]

Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Hildebrandt" <hildebeb at mts.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:10 AM
> Subject: FreeBSD Torrent Server
> 
> 
>> I was wondering if the FreeBSD torrent server will be back online any 
>> time soon?  Tryed to download version 6.2 and comes server not there.
>>
> 
> Why?
> 
> FreeBSD isn't commercial software, there's no need to go through
> all the hocus pocus to conceal the uploader so the RIAA doesen't
> sue him.  Standard FTP works perfectly fine at any of the mirror sites,
> and you will get your ISO no slower.
> 
> Ted

The only plus behind using torrents really for getting ISOs is reducing 
server load on the freebsd.org folks (well, not from a tracker point of 
view but rather from a network point of view perhaps?). Other than that, 
not much difference nor much benefit in using that method.

I wonder what the effective overall benefit is though really..

-Garrett