On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:59:10 +1300
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > can see whats happenning from the office, the pub etc.
> vnc through an ssh tunnel, or using the web interface from Ktorrent.
> 

When your connection is maxed out by the torrent you are simultaneously 
downloading and uploading, ssh is laggy enough let alone trying to run vnc.

> > The other is 
> > to have a light program that doesn't even need a gui, or X or all the
> > paraphenalia, so you can put it in an old quiet machine in a corner.
> > ktorrent's web interface satisifes the first need, but not the
> > second.
> Could one not start, perhaps several instances of the bittorrent-curses 
> version in an ssh and screen session to satisfy this one? Screen has 
> the advantage that one can disconnect, yet keep that fact secret from 
> the console based app.

except that rtorrent is vastly superior.

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