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
    6·
    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

  • 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
    50·
    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
      4·
      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.

    • 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

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
    2·
    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.

  • 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.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
      2·
      3 days ago

      Did qbittorrent have memory leaks for anyone else? From time to time I’m forced to kill it because it’s make my pc unusable. Still my torrent client of choose, but I would like to know if this is something someone else experienced.

      • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 days ago

        Never experienced this.

        When I had memory leaks with software, the fault was usually old OS.

      • buwho@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        ive not experienced that in the almost 10 years of using it on multiple debian based distros