From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 21:48:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB2716A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:48:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bandix@reef.structbio.vanderbilt.edu) Received: from structbio.vanderbilt.edu (reef.structbio.Vanderbilt.Edu [160.129.138.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B97C43D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:48:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bandix@reef.structbio.vanderbilt.edu) Received: from reef.structbio.vanderbilt.edu (bandix@reef [127.0.0.1]) by structbio.vanderbilt.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) with ESMTP id jAALmlih023814 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:48:47 -0600 Received: (from bandix@localhost) by reef.structbio.vanderbilt.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) id jAALmlSF023812; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:48:47 -0600 Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:48:47 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Randy Bush Message-ID: <20051110214847.GC16143@brandon.dvalentine.com> References: <17265.5879.629471.751326@roam.psg.com> <20051108213051.GC31355@puck.firepipe.net> <17265.7248.597551.784115@roam.psg.com> <20051109080513.GB40612@xor.obsecurity.org> <17265.45910.586450.774376@roam.psg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17265.45910.586450.774376@roam.psg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Cc: freebsd ports Subject: Re: gui-free torrent X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:48:49 -0000 On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:29:10PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote: > it seems to me that the best operating mode would be to have a > torrent client/server in the rack. then, when i want some new > file, i can ask the torrent client in the rack to fetch (and > subsequently serve) it. when it has been fetched, i can rsync > it to my laptop, burning the scarce bandwidth only once. > > for that, a pretty simple gui-free client/server would seem > appropriate. rtorrent looks a fit, but i am having my usual > 'the moon is in klutz' problems. Randy, For better or worse (shame about the Java) Azureus is, on any platform, pretty much the best torrent client. Provided you are willing to run Xvfb somewhere to run Azureus, you can use the WebUI plugin[0] to accomplish your goal. That's probably what I would do in your situation. Any lesser or simpler client and you're eventually going to wish for some feature you're used to from Azureus. [0] - http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=webui HTH, Brandon -- Pseudo-Random Googlism: cranberry sauce is an uncooked relish