Any alternatives to using 'Torrent' software for Crunchbang download? (Page 1 of 2)

...or do a Debian net-install (http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) and add the crunchbang repositories later, for example

# /etc/apt/sources.list
# Official Debian Squeeze
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# Statler
deb http://packages.crunchbanglinux.org/statler statler main 
# Multimedia Repos
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
# Security
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

and install the crunchbang scripts and packages plus copy the files from /etc/skel/ to your /home

I don't want to spoil the party, but I think that a ISO download via torrent is safer and surely quicker than downloading a file from a filehoster. The torrent files are "alive" (and most definitely work, as the seeders probably have used it to install their system), have an md5 checksum and you can share your copy with those who want to download. If you are not a paying member of wupload, you can not resume the download if it fails.

Nevermind, it's your decision

i'm still pretty curious as to why anybody would not like torrents. is it because they taste bad?

Hello All, i just edited my post to include the link to the 'XFCE' version on the WUpload site, as i understand it this version is the more 'newbie' user friendly version.
regards

@machinebacon: i think you misunderstood me. i never meant to criticize your suggestion (actually, i agree with you on providing a safe download), and i have read the posts above. i am just curious as to the reasons why the OP did not want to use a torrent download. all he said about it was:

but that's no explanation. he does not have to give me an explanation, but if someone could, i'd be grateful because it would help my curiosity. his words also suggest it is not a country/ISP thing, but his own preference.

Hi, Sorry rhowaldt, I just think that any downloads be they files, apps or operating systems that are created by reputable organisations be it an opensource distribution, or comercial software, shouldn't need the use or any third parties tools, or  download 'management' installs to interact between my personal computer and the files i intend on using within the computer.

They maybe other better reasons that are beyond my knowledge, or forum members may think the concerns I have are unjustified, but I would rather not take any unnecessary risks with regards to my 'personal' computer.

Regards

Reputable organizations? Unnecessary risks??? Have you read this?

It is a common misconception that internet = www = http/ftp. In fact, downloading Linux isos as torrents is the preferred way of most Linux users in the community. It is the ultimate form of simple contribution absolutely everyone can make. While having a nice primary download location is nice, it is hard to pay for all that bandwidth. Home bandwidth is free for most of us, with unlimited up/download quota. While the throughput of a single connection might be limited, the combined strength of a thousand peers can beat any web server.

I'd say one should use torrent unless the respective ISP blocks it or for whatever other technical reasons. As rhowaldt already introduced, every piece of code but the kernel itself is third-party. By the way: I was an Opera user for many years, it comes with it's own torrent client. Following your logic, downloading an iso over torrent in a distro that shippes Opera by default would be fine? Downloading Ubuntu via torrent is fine as well, since they ship transmission with the iso?

Or do we simply get you wrong with your "third party", and you simply dislike having to use something other than your browser, because it is inconvenient?

^ You can do the Debian minimal installation method and then add the Crunchbang repositories to install the configuration files. Advantage: you have a really slim system which you can build up as you like. Disadvantage: it's not automated

omns has a script or an instruction/how-to for this process, you can search the forums or visit his website.

I think that a lot of people don't really understand bittorrent.  This is why I made the thread "showcase your legal torrents" unfortunately... doesn't seem like most people had many to share.

I really wish that people would stop pirating stuff until we can fix the laws in various countries to the effect that its not illegal.  *sigh* Idealism is painful sometimes.

I was pretty nervous about using torrents as well, but having used them to pull down more than a few ISO's, it fantastic! It allows you to get the file and share at the same time, plus, if there's a hiccup on the network somewhere, torrents will wait and continue when the interruption has passed. Not so with direct downloads...