I have a router I’m running nord vpn but I use bitTorrent on windows and I’m looking to switch. Does anyone have a flavor of Linux and program they use?

Any advice would be helpful I’m getting nowhere on forums.

  • ColdWater@lemmy.ca
    9·
    2 days ago

    I use qBitorrent with no VPN because my ISP don’t give a fuck of what I’m doing with their data

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    I torrent a lot on Linux and use Qbittorrent. Surfshark has a great VPN on Linux.

    If you want to get into it then Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr and nzb360 ($10) with Jellyfin is a great stack to manage your library but needs a bit of work to set up. You can then use the phone to download and search and watch it with an android TV app.

    I had some issues setting it up with a ublue fedora immutable distro which are pretty non-existent on most standard distros.

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 day ago

    I use i2p for torrents exclusively. It’s slow but totally private so I can seed without needing to mess about with a VPN.

    There is a slightly smaller community but the people on there have similar tastes to me: linux textbooks, GOG games, jazz albums, etc.

  • Chimrod@jlai.lu
    53·
    3 days ago

    Qbittorrent: you can bind the application with a network interface and ensure all the connexion will use your vpn.

    bonus: you can use it as a server (without any graphical interface) and manage the torrent with your browser. This way, you can create a torrentbox on a dedicated computer.

    • KammicRelief@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Yes, this is what I do, with Private Internet Access (VPN). You can bind qbittorrent to PIA’s interface, and also to its forwarding port.

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I just wish there was a way to automatically update the port whenever it changes. It doesn’t change often since my server tends to stay on 24/7. But when it does change, it would be nice to have it automatically update.

        Back before my current server, I was just messing around with it in Windows. I discovered that qBit actually stores the forwarded port in the registry, and PIA has a terminal command that can print the currently forwarded port. I tried to write a quick .bat script to automatically run when the PIA network adapter connected. The goal was to grab the port number and update the registry for qBit any time the internet went out or my server was rebooted.

        And it seemed to work fine. It launched when PIA connected, and pushed the new value to the registry. But that forwarded port was also apparently being stored somewhere else as well, because just updating the registry wasn’t enough; When qBit launched it still showed the old port number, even though all of the documentation I found said it was simply a registry value. At that point I just gave up and manually updated it every time I turned my computer on.

        • KammicRelief@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Ah, dang, I haven’t run into this yet. But I see what you mean. I actually just set this up in Linux, but back in Windows I didn’t run into this problem (maybe I was lucky enough to hit the same port, or maybe I didn’t have it set up entirely correctly, lol).

    • TheForvalaka@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      This is what I use. Once you get it working, it’s a great setup. I have it running on my mini HTPC under the hood, and it really doesn’t use much in the way of resources.

      It has a webui that I can use to search and add torrents, and you can choose an alternate UI for the page if you want (I used VueTorrent, it looks better on mobile).

      And, like others have said, you can bind it so that if your VPN disconnects, torrents won’t just keep running in the background.

      • DiagonalHorse@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 days ago

        Second VueTorrent. Makes for an absolutely blissful experience managing torrents and with qbittorrent’s built in search plugins you early have to go to the sites anymore

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    2 days ago

    I use qbittorent through Mullvad using Gluetun as qbt is running in docker.

    DHT and PEX don’t seem to work though, I did brief research and it seemed related to mullvad no longer allowing port forwarding? I don’t know enough about how it works but I tried messing with it for several hours a couple days ago to no avail, only trackers appear to work for connecting to other peers.

    On a headless Ubuntu LXC running in proxmox, I just access the qbt interface via its Web portal.

  • toddestan@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 days ago

    I use BiglyBt on Debian. I use BiglyBt because I previously used Vuze, and I used Vuze because I previously used Azureus. I don’t really remember why I went with Azureus originally, but it may have just been because it was popular at that time.

    I get the impression most people use other bittorrent clients nowadays, but BiglyBt does what I need it to do. I never really used any of the “advanced” features of Vuze myself, pretty much only using it for torrents.

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
    101·
    3 days ago

    Generally most people get recommended to start their Linux journey with Mint as it is noob friendly (while still having full functionality) other options to consider would be popOS Ubuntu & Fedora.

    qBittorrent is the most recommended I’ve seen, although I use transmission.

    • spikesforeyes@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Why do you use transmission? Genuinely curious. The times I tried to use it, it seemed so basic and lacking functionality