Comments on: Case in point: rtorrent slave at 100Mhz 16Mb 810Mb

By: Computer . . . I Just Can’t See What You’re Saying « Doesn't Not Compute

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:13:04 +0000

[...] It uses an identical kernel configuration to the Dell Latitude C600 though, aside from the tricky sound. So, I suppose if I got another hard drive for it, and set the system up in the Latitude and transplant it into the Thinkpad, I could turn it into a practical torrent slave similar to what K. Mandla did with an even older machine. [...]

By: rtorrent demands on very old hardware « Motho ke motho ka botho

rtorrent demands on very old hardware « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:39:46 +0000

[...] Published 2010/01/18 Linux Leave a Comment A long time ago I was using a 100Mhz machine to serve as a networked torrent slave; it’s a fantastic use for an out-of-date computer and one that requires almost nothing in [...]

By: Comparing torrent clients « Motho ke motho ka botho

Comparing torrent clients « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:26:54 +0000

[...] torrent client, and yes, occasionally, I do try others. Usually my motivation is to isolate “torrent client” as a role for underpowered or out-of-date [...]

By: Putting the Pentium back to work « Motho ke motho ka botho

Putting the Pentium back to work « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:48:03 +0000

[...] really use is a dedicated machine for passing files back and forth between the other two. And a host for the only two torrents I actually feel “responsible” for — the old Lowarch ISO [...]

By: Karsten

Karsten — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:01:46 +0000

on a 100$ price scale check the sheeva plug, low power (propably less then your tp), 1,2ghz arm cpu, 512 mb ram and gb eth plus sd slot/usb connector

mine is running as home server and audio multimedia center

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:32:53 +0000

I should probably try that, but I thought the minimum memory for Tiny Core was strictly 32Mb. I may have confused it with another system.

By: marco

marco — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:01:40 +0000

I guess you can push the memory footprint more down if you use Tiny Core Linux* and rtorrent.

*http://www.tinycorelinux.com/

By: A puzzle that doesn’t need solved « Motho ke motho ka botho

A puzzle that doesn’t need solved « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:33:34 +0000

[...] the job of downloading torrents has been relegated to the Pentium, a task which it has proven capable of handling, in spite of such low system [...]

By: Role reversal « Motho ke motho ka botho

Role reversal « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:38:50 +0000

[...] machine you probably heard about. I’ve already proven its ability in all three functions (most importantly as an rtorrent slave), and while network speeds are significantly slower through a wired PCMCIA card and occasional [...]

By: Tinpan

Tinpan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:11:39 +0000

You are so right. I’ve been using rtorrent on an Apple TV for more than a year. Its 1ghz cpu and 256mb ram are more than enough to run in the background. Do you know if any way to safeguard privacy by using blacklists or proxies with rtorrent?

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