Re: How can I use bittorrent?
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:09:58AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:24, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > --- stan <stanb@panix.com> escribi??:
> > > I just used apt-get to install bittorrent from unstabele.
> > >
> > > Question is, how to use it? All the instructions on the home page FAQ seem
> > > to be for windows amchines.
> >
> > In your web browser, add a helper application entry for the appropriate MIME
> > type (application/x-bittorrent, I believe) that points at the bittorrent
> > binary on your system. Find a .torrent file somewhere, click on it and off you
> > go.
>
> You'll have a few choices for which of the tools to actually use, but if
> you want the Windows-lookalike GUI client, you'll want 'btdownloadgui'
> for your program name.
>
Thanks guys!
This got me working (in Galeon BTW).
BTW, any reason I might prefere one of the other GUIS?
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