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BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing. In BitTorrent context Leeching describes the process of only downloading a file, seeding describes the download followed by also uploading it.
Clients
There are various clients to use for BitTorrent down- and uploading. The list below shows clients with an existing entry in this wiki.
- Transmission is an easy to use client
- qBittorrent is a very feature rich client
Personal Video Recorders
There are a bunch of applications intended as personal video recorders for usenet or BitTorrent usage. These include the so called *ARR applications. Usually an indexer application like Jackett is needed.
Legal Situation
This is not a legal advice. Take your local laws into account when downloading torrents. Some torrents can be copyright infringing and therefor illegal to download. Only download legal and safe torrents like the Arch Linux ISO. Seeding it can help the community.