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BitTorrent is a communications protocol using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. It is not anonymous; you should assume that others can see what files you are sharing. There are two BitTorrent web clients available in FreedomBox: Transmission and Deluge. They have similar features, but you may prefer one over the other. Transmission is a lightweight BitTorrent client that is well known for its simplicity and a default configuration that "Just Works".

Transmission Web Interface

After installing Transmission, it can be accessed at https://<your freedombox>/transmission. When you try to access this page, you will be required to login with a username and password. The default for both is "transmission". You can and should change the username and password using the configuration form in Plinth.

The initial password is shown in the Plinth configuration form in a hashed format. This prevents it from being read or copied. However, after the password is changed, it is shown directly, without hashing.

Transmission's downloads directory can be added as a shared folder in the "Sharing" app. You can then access your downloads from this shared folder using a web browser. (Advanced) If you have the ssh access to your FreedomBox, you can use sftp to browse the downloads directory using a suitable file manager or web browser (e.g. dolphin or Konqueror). Back to Features introduction or manual pages. InformationSupportContributeReportsPromoteOverview Hardware Live Help Where To Start Translate Calls Talks Features Vision Q&A Design To Do Releases Press Download Manual Code Contributors Blog FreedomBox for Communities HELP & DISCUSSIONS: Discussion Forum - Mailing List - #freedombox irc.debian.org | CONTACT Foundation | JOIN Project Next call: Saturday, October 12th at 14:00 UTC Latest news: Announcing Pioneer FreedomBox Kits - 2019-03-26 This page is copyright its contributors and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. CategoryFreedomBox