Good torrent software with web interface?

[stevovo]

Good day

I want to try and move my laptop (currently xp) over to linux. Below is a list of things that it MUST do:

1. Run SABnzbd (I already know this is possible)
2. Run something similar to bitcommet. I need a program that can download torrents and possibly normal downloads as well but it would be awesome if it had a web interface much like bitcommet's.
3. Share folders over the lan to windows 7 pc's (I know it's possible, just would like to know the simplest disto. It will probably already have the right samba packages on it)
4. Run some sort of VNC/remote desktop server (perhaps a distro which already has this builtin?)

I know many of the popular distros like ubuntu will do the above with ease, but the problem is that I have a very old and slow laptop so I need something similar to puppy linux, although I think it might be a bit difficult for me trying to get all that working on puppy

So anyone know which distro is the easiest to configure for all the above but not too demanding?

Thanks in advance!

 

[koffiejunkie]

2. I use the "HTML Web UI" interface plug-in with Azureus.

3. Samba + avahi-daemon

4. VNC won't overlay your existing desktop (at least not as far as I've been able to but I haven't tried too hard). I run it on a box that's a dedicated storage box, so has no screen. So I start a blank VNC session with fluxbox and simply run azureus in that. At home I can simply use the Mac's screen sharing to connect to it (or a VNC client, if you wish), and from work I can connect to the web interface.

I start the tightvncserver like this:

tightvncserver -depth 16 -geometry 1280x768

tightvncserver -kill :1

Where :1 is the screen number it gives you when you start it. Remember to connect on port 5901

 

[ponder]

I know many of the popular distros like ubuntu will do the above with ease, but the problem is that I have a very old and slow laptop so I need something similar to puppy linux, although I think it might be a bit difficult for me trying to get all that working on puppy

So anyone know which distro is the easiest to configure for all the above but not too demanding?

What are your laptop specs?

http://crunchbanglinux.org/
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/about

Dunno how easy you are going to find it though.

 

[koffiejunkie]

What are your laptop specs?

I don't think for something like that spec is too much of an issue. Before I had the dedicated box, I ran Azureus on a P-III 1.2GHz with 256MB Compaq Evo laptop. The only thing about Azureus, being a Java app, is it can gobble up memory, so if you're tight on RAM I wouldn't run it on a machine that I'm also using as my main machine if it's short on RAM.

If you want something that's just web-based (no gui), torrentflux is awesome for that.

 

[stevovo]

What are your laptop specs?

Its a ibm r50: celeron 1.6, 256mb ram and 40gb hdd

If you want something that's just web-based (no gui), torrentflux is awesome for that.

Is there a package available that I can just install or do I have to first set up a web server and copy files around etc.?

I decided to try out antiX. I'm quite impressed with it only using 10% of my ram (24mb) and I like the fact that it uses apt-get as I'm used to it.

I'm right now trying to install the vnc first so that I can sit in front of my pc and start installing everything else but which vnc should I use? Anyone have any suggestions? I tried x11vnc last night because they say it can display screen "0" which is the screen that shows on the laptop itself and I find that a bit less complicated compared to other vnc software which starts a new screen or something.

edit:BTW thanks for all the tips so far

 

[koffiejunkie]

Its a ibm r50: celeron 1.6, 256mb ram and 40gb hdd

Dude, seriously, it's not 2002 any more. Get more RAM. If you intend to run a web browser at all, you're going to run out of memory.

Is there a package available that I can just install or do I have to first set up a web server and copy files around etc.?

I can't speak for antix, but on Debian (and presumably on ubuntu) there is:

$ apt-cache search torrentflux
torrentflux - web based, feature-rich BitTorrent download manager

I decided to try out antiX. I'm quite impressed with it only using 10% of my ram (24mb)

Post the output of free -m

but which vnc should I use?

I use tightvnc because it has some compression built in.

 

[stevovo]

Dude, seriously, it's not 2002 any more. Get more RAM. If you intend to run a web browser at all, you're going to run out of memory.

I'm not too keen on upgrading such an old laptop right now, I couldn't even find ram (at sane prices anyway) for it anymore the last time I tried several months ago. Besides, I'm not going to use it for anything else, just downloading and remote desktop.

I can't speak for antix, but on Debian (and presumably on ubuntu) there is:

$ apt-cache search torrentflux
torrentflux - web based, feature-rich BitTorrent download manager

I'll have a look when I get home if there is a package like that available.

Post the output of free -m

Will do so when I get back. There was however a widget or something on the desktop and that's where I got the info from but I'll still post "free -m" later.

 

[koffiejunkie]

I'm not too keen on upgrading such an old laptop right now, I couldn't even find ram (at sane prices anyway) for it anymore the last time I tried several months ago. Besides, I'm not going to use it for anything else, just downloading and remote desktop.

Aah sorry, I was under the impression you wanted to use it too. Maybe I'm confusing you with someone else. Ignore the free-m bit then

 

[SilverNodashi]

what about torrentflux?

 

[koffiejunkie]

what about torrentflux?

If you want something that's just web-based (no gui), torrentflux is awesome for that.

beat you to it!

 

[ponder]

I'm not too keen on upgrading such an old laptop right now, I couldn't even find ram (at sane prices anyway) for it anymore the last time I tried several months ago. Besides, I'm not going to use it for anything else, just downloading and remote desktop.

The ram is not hard to find and relatively cheap. Are you using DDR or DDRII? It's a good investment even on an old laptop, my laptop specs are similar to yours and I use it as my download box.

 

[nic777]

Transmission, the default Torrent client in Ubuntu has a (good web-based gui as well. There is even a Symbian/Nokia client as well to view and control torrents. Think there are clients for other phones as well.

 

[stevovo]

Is there a program with a web interface like torrentflux that also handles normal http/ftp downloads?

I like torrentflux but I would rather use one program that can do 2 things than 2 seperate programs.

 

[ponder]

I like torrentflux but I would rather use one program that can do 2 things than 2 seperate programs.

No idea but the general linux trend is to create one app to perform one function and do it well.

 

[pastry]

Google torrentflux-b4rt, it's a web interface for linux, I use it. Supports multiple users, queues, wget(direct downloads), nzbs, torrents. I spent a good couple of days worth of my free time setting it up right though

But it's all good. From work I can log onto my home server and manage my downloads just via my web browser.

 

[pastry]

Is there a program with a web interface like torrentflux that also handles normal http/ftp downloads?

I like torrentflux but I would rather use one program that can do 2 things than 2 seperate programs.

In torrentflux-b4rt you can just paste the url in the wget field?

 

[FacELesS.]

I personally am a huge fan of rtorrent (because it is so console friendly), and thats why I use rtgui for a web interface to rtorrent.

 

[stevovo]

Well, I decided to go ahead with torrentflux, this is the situation so far:

1. Run SABnzbd (I already know this is possible) DONE
2. Run something similar to bitcommet. I need a program that can download torrents and possibly normal downloads as well but it would be awesome if it had a web interface much like bitcommet's. DONE (using torrentflux)
3. Share folders over the lan to windows 7 pc's (I know it's possible, just would like to know the simplest disto. It will probably already have the right samba packages on it)
4. Run some sort of VNC/remote desktop server (perhaps a distro which already has this builtin?) DONE

Now I just need to install samba and share the right folders.

I have a question though: how does torrentflux work? I mean, I understand how bitcommet and sabnzbd run their own process and run on their own port to display web pages, but I can't seem to figure out this torrentflux. It asked me all sorts of weird questions about databases and php and stuff while I was installing it.

Is there a good link that explains it a bit more or does someone know in stupid man's terms that can explain to me?

 

[ponder]

This is for Ubuntu but should help.
http://server-servers.com/install-torrentflux-b4rt-on-ubuntu/
http://www.zarzax.com/howto-install-torrentflux-b4rt/

 

[stevovo]

Sigh, it seems nothing can run smoothly the first time. I can't seem to get sabnzbd to work.

It loads the page and everything and I can upload a nzb file but the file itself doesn't download. It shows that it's busy downloading, the speed hovers around 100KB/s but where it shows the actual amount downloaded nothing changes

I'm really stumped on this one.

Any ideas?