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• sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I exclusively use qbittorrent to download Linux distros.

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  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget to upload some ISOs as well! Keep the network healthy and happy :)

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  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What do you use for other downloads?

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    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s qbittorrent all the way down.

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      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You use qbittorrent to download qbittorrent? I think that causes a rip in the spacetime continuum.

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• FortuneMisteller@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  cause that shit had a litany of privacy and security issues

  You don’t solve that by using another program. You try to reduce the damage by using the torrent client in a dedicated virtual machine and reset the machine to the original image at regular intervals.

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  • yokonzo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah or you could, you know, just download a program that isn’t problematic.

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