Re: How can I use bittorrent?
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:41:51PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote:
> stan wrote:
> >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?
> >
> >
>
> They can be run inside a screen session so you don't have to close them
> if you want to log out of X.
Umm, which client are you speaking of here?
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