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Recommendations for torrenting with linux? (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours 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.