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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Recommendations for torrenting with linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a router I'm running nord vpn but I use bitTorrent on windows and I'm looking to switch. Does anyone have a flavor of Linux and program they use?

Any advice would be helpful I'm getting nowhere on forums.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

+1 for the WRT router, if you can get a decent device with an enough powerful CPU it can host Transmission

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Asus WRT Routers are great however, it doesn’t support certain Registrars for DDNS like Cloudflare so I had to install Merlin Firmware, ssh into the router and then manually configure a cron-job so that my A records stay up to date with my WAN.

https://github.com/clayauld/asus-merlin-cloudflare-ddns

Thankfully somebody already been down this path a posted the documentation which made things 100x easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My ISP uses CG-WAN so in order for me to remote into it, I had to set up Tailscale, the OS isn't perfect but is way better than any consumer grade router in the market. I also use a custom firmware, a forked version of OpenWRT that works with routers with modems.