Why does no distro utilise BitTorrent to distribute packages?
Why does no distro utilise BitTorrent to distribute packages?
Just had this idea pop up in my mind. Instead of relying on volunteers mirroring package repositories all around the world, why not utilise BitTorrent protocol to move at the very least some some load unto the users and thus increase download speeds as well as decrease latency?
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Many already do this. You just have to look for .torrent files.
Do you have an example? Or is there a distro that does this by default? I'm pretty new to Linux and have never heard of it before
I think they mean the distro iso/zip download
mxlinux: https://mxlinux.org/torrent-files/
mint: https://linuxmint.com/torrents/linuxmint-20.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso.torrent
endeavouros: https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/iso/EndeavourOS_Gemini-2024.04.20.iso.torrent
debain: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/bt-hybrid/
manjaro: https://download.manjaro.org/kde/24.0.1/manjaro-kde-24.0.1-240529-linux69.iso.torrent
ubuntu: https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04/ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
Aren't those the distros? Which one pulls packages using torrent