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.
qbittorrent.
I use qBitorrent with no VPN because my ISP don’t give a fuck of what I’m doing with their data
Honestly, whatever floats your boat. There are many good options here, just try all and use the one you liked most. Or just go and pick one, or use the one that comes pre-installed in your distro.
Recommended ones:
- qbittorrent (my favourite as for many other in the comments)
- Transmission
- Deluge
- rtorrent (great if you run a headless server)
+1 to rtorrent
qbittorrent
You can torrent easily on Linux using any distro and any client.
It’s very unlikely you’ll have any issues.
qbittorrent + mullvadvpn
(on debian 12)
Why Debian 12 specifically?
Deluge is another good client – I’m not sure why but its defaults gave me much better download speeds than transmission or qbittorrent
Linux Mint OS, QBitTorrent for the client, Proton VPN for the VPN with qBitTorrent bound to only that interface and port to ensure no IP leaks.
Works Awesome.
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.
Surfshark
Please don’t use Surfshark
What’s wrong with Surfshark?
Mullvad + Transmission
rtorrent for me.
Mullvad all the way
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.
rtorrent, you just need an ssh connection if wanting to know remotely what’s going on
I just run rtorrent with vopono/openvpn in a tmux sesession on a raspberry PI. It can be a bit of a pita getting utmp working though.