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<p dir="auto">The internet here is slow, and I think Kiwix rate limits direct downloads. I'd like to set up torrenting to make the download for Wikipedia take less than an estimated 3 days, and so that peers can do the same. Even scp-ing what I have from another node seems it will take a while, so I just have Wiktionary at the moment.</p>
<p dir="auto">I see a handful of CLI BitTorrent clients packaged for NetBSD: <a href="https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/btget/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">btget</a>, <a href="https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/dtorrent/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">dtorrent</a>, <a href="https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/btpd/README.html" rel="nofollow ugc">btpd</a>, <a href="https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/rtorrent/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">rtorrent</a>, <a href="https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/transmission/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">transmission</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">I have experience only with transmission, though if there's a "better" stable, small package, I'd prefer learning a second option.</p>
<p dir="auto">I will look into these myself in the meantime, but I'm posting here if anyone has experience or opinions, I would love to hear them, and posting here to share a NetBSD project.</p>
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