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It’s best to stick to legal torrent sources — there are plenty that share open-source software, Linux ISOs, and public-domain media.
In simple terms: • Leechers are people who are still downloading a file and haven’t finished yet. • Seeders are the ones sharing the full file. • Trackers help coordinate connections between seeders and leechers. • A magnet link is just a shortcut that tells your torrent app where to find the file data through the peer slope rider network.
Seeds are users that have 100% of a torrent. More Seeds usually means more speed. Leechers are users that don't have 100% of a torrent yet.
You can grab torrents either with a file (.torrent) or a magnet link. The latter is just a link that tells the client how to get the torrent.
A tracker is a server that manages the torrent. You don't really have to deal with that.
Not Mullvad anymore unfortunately. You'll want a VPN with port forwarding like AirVPN or else you won't be able to connect to everyone. Anyone else without port forwarding set up won't be able to connect to you nor will you connect with them.
I'll throw Private Internet Access in there for a known one with port forwarding. I know the general attitude towards PIA has soured since the buyout but there still has yet to be a reason to believe it's not a good service and they've continued to add bells and whistles over time while still being one of the cheapest VPNs out there.
Agreed. They were my first before Mullvad (now AirVPN since Mullvad removed port forwarding). I switched around the buyout when my renewal came around, but it was cheap and did work fine. I haven't heard any horror stories in the years since, and if you're just using it to torrent, I don't think there's much to worry about.
You are right, no port forwarding is not great. I would recommend Proton then.
Theres also 1337x.
Leaches are IPs requesting data from other peers who already have their data they need
In order for a leech to request data, it must first know what IPs it can request it from. A Tracker simply tracks how many users are on the torrent and their IPs
Also a magnet link is simply a torrent file, if you remove the file part and have all the data in a long link
"1337x.to" to be specific
Use a VPN or a Seedbox (Ultra.cc has a cheap one)
qBittorrent has an inbuilt torrent search function that can search multiple sites from inside the client. you should honestly never need to go to a website, download torrent files, or open magnet links, ever.
if you can host Jackett it really broadens your search options but isn't necessary.
if you decide to host Jackett think about also hosting qBittorrent at the same time since you're already setting up self hosting stuff it's not anymore difficult and the webUI is super convenient.
Disown the Pirate Bay, it has long lost it's usage once the old owners left.
It is only just a symbol now.
You're better off doing research and listening to better-advised voices in this community.
If I can't find it on thepiratebay I can often find it on rargb. The domain name changes often so you'll have to search up the proxy addresses.
RARBG shut down years ago so whomever is running a site by that name now isn't legit.
Does that make it piracy²?