Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Downloading 3.4.5

Hi :)
Brilliant :)  Figuring torrents out is a bit tricky first time but it seems to be a better way to 
download stuff.  

The first few paragraphs on this wiki are pretty good despite the tag warning about it being "too 
technical"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)
Note that when you download this way you also upload the file at the same time.  You might want to 
poke around in the settings of the torrent-client and throttle that back a bit.  It's usually 
polite to let it upload the file twice but it's not vital.  

Hefty downloads are easier because you can take long breaks between downloading chunks.  It could 
be months and many reboots before continuing if you want.  Also it is not quite so important to 
check the integrity of the completed download because torrenting has various checks built-in.  

Now you have the torrent-client you can just double-click on the *.torrent files you download to 
start them up.  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sat, 28/1/12, Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:

From: Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Downloading 3.4.5
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 23:09

In article <bob-D2B5DD.17572628012012@news.gmane.org>,
 Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:

> I tried Safari again and then I tried Firefox.  Neither was going 
> anywhere fast, so I selected the Download using BitTorrent option.  It 
> downloaded a file named LibO_3.4.5_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg.torrent 
> but it in't executable and I don't know what to do with it.  The 
> activity monitor doesn't indicate it is doing anything.  Does it need to 
> be started in some way?

I see I need the bittorrent app to make this work.  I downloaded, 
installed and started it up.  I dragged the above file in and it is now 
downloading.  Thanks, everybody.


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