com). BitTorrent enables you to download a file to your computer by grabbing
bits of that file from multiple computers on the network that are downloading the file at the
same time. For the privilege, you also use your upload capacity to share the same file with others
as you are downloading.
During times of heavy demand with a new Linux distribution, BitTorrent can be the best way to go.
Recent news articles have portrayed BitTorrent as a tool for illegal activities, such as downloading
copyrighted materials (movies, music, and so on). Because most Linux distributions contain only
software covered under various open source licenses, there is no legal problem with using BitTorrent
to distribute Linux distributions. Check out www.linuxtracker.org for a list of Linux distributions
that can be downloaded with BitTorrent.
If you are on a dial-up modem, you should strongly consider purchasing Linux CDs (or getting
them from a friend) if you don??™t find what you want on the CD or DVD with this book. You might
be able to download an entire 700MB CD in a couple hours on a fast DSL or cable modem connection.
On a dial-up line, you might be talking a whole day or more per CD. For a large, multi-CD
distribution, available disk space can also become a problem (although, with today??™s large hard
disks, it??™s not as much of a problem as it used to be).
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