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<blockquote data-quote="sami_kalpika" data-source="post: 5490181" data-attributes="member: 134762"><p><strong>Starting a simple torrent </strong></p><p></p><p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> We need to start a simple download, and the one that will be using is a 650MB file of Ubuntu! It is a perfectly legal and free file to download. We will be downloading this file purely for testing and delete it later on (as it is of no use to us) </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <ol style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Minimize uTorrent for now. Notice that it resides on the system tray (bottom right) automatically.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Click to <a href="http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/" target="_blank">http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Look at the column labeled "complete". Find the row with the largest value. A quick way is to scroll down and scan for a 3 digit figure in that column.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Now download the torrent - click the link in the 2nd column of that row</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You should get this dialog:<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/images/ubuntudownload.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> <em>The IE6 "Save As" Box for torrent files<br /> </em><br /> This is the metadata file, it contains information on the file you want to download eventually. That is why the file size is so small. We want uTorrent to automatically start downloading it, so click <strong>Open</strong>. <br /> <br /> <strong>NOTE:</strong> The "Name and Type" may differ on your system. This is normal, as Ubuntu is frequently updated <br /> <br /> <strong>NOTE:</strong> If the Open button does not appear, save the file in your desktop. Then start utorrent, File > Open torrent and open the torrent you saved. Delete the torrent file in the desktop as uTorrent automatically makes a copy of it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The file opens with uTorrent which automatically pops up this dialog<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/images/addnewtorrent.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> <em>Add New Torrent dialog box</em><br /> <br /> All values are automatically filled in for you. Here is also where you select files that you don't want to download - if the download has many files which in this case is not. Remember where the file is stored in "Save As", or save it in a different location that is more convenient for you. <br /> <br /> All looking good, click <strong>OK</strong>.</li> </ol> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sami_kalpika, post: 5490181, member: 134762"] [B]Starting a simple torrent [/B] [INDENT] We need to start a simple download, and the one that will be using is a 650MB file of Ubuntu! It is a perfectly legal and free file to download. We will be downloading this file purely for testing and delete it later on (as it is of no use to us) [LIST=1] [*]Minimize uTorrent for now. Notice that it resides on the system tray (bottom right) automatically. [*]Click to [URL]http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/[/URL]. [*]Look at the column labeled "complete". Find the row with the largest value. A quick way is to scroll down and scan for a 3 digit figure in that column. [*]Now download the torrent - click the link in the 2nd column of that row [*]You should get this dialog: [IMG]http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/images/ubuntudownload.gif[/IMG] [I]The IE6 "Save As" Box for torrent files [/I] This is the metadata file, it contains information on the file you want to download eventually. That is why the file size is so small. We want uTorrent to automatically start downloading it, so click [B]Open[/B]. [B]NOTE:[/B] The "Name and Type" may differ on your system. This is normal, as Ubuntu is frequently updated [B]NOTE:[/B] If the Open button does not appear, save the file in your desktop. Then start utorrent, File > Open torrent and open the torrent you saved. Delete the torrent file in the desktop as uTorrent automatically makes a copy of it. [*]The file opens with uTorrent which automatically pops up this dialog [IMG]http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/images/addnewtorrent.gif[/IMG] [I]Add New Torrent dialog box[/I] All values are automatically filled in for you. Here is also where you select files that you don't want to download - if the download has many files which in this case is not. Remember where the file is stored in "Save As", or save it in a different location that is more convenient for you. All looking good, click [B]OK[/B]. [/LIST] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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