I'm fairly surprised this hasn't been implemented already (at least I couldn't find it on the website) and the forum search just showed up people asking about having a bittorrent client as part of the suite, so I decided to post this topic about having links to bittorrent downloads of the PortableApps software.
Recently I was downloading the new version of one of the PortableApps software and at first it downloaded normally (~700KB/s) for the first few seconds but then the download slowed down further and further and now its at a measly 5KB/s. I'm sure it isn't because of my connection speed (and I'm not downloading anything else at the moment and I know my connection speed can easily reach 1GB/s).
I guess that this is because of PortableApps being so popular (I am an avid user of PortableApps myself. Now, please correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I was thinking it would be logical if bittorrent downloads of the software were also included (alongside the normal server downloads). This is a win-win situation since consumers get faster download speeds and there is less load on the servers.
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We use SourceForge.net's global mirror network to handle downloads. Usually it's good about giving you a local one. Sometimes it's not.
There's nowhere reliable and big and free for us to host torrents like we do at SourceForge.net. Plus, with torrents, we can't track downloads and we need those numbers to gauge popularity and when talking with possible partners.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I remember SourceForge's mirror system used to be really good, really intuitive for the end user - though, probably a little intimidating for newbies. I don't remember their names right now, but I used to have a couple favorite mirrors I'd always use that were both close (in America) and reliable. One was in Virginia, and I think the other was up North, like Montana or something. One was "something News", I believe.
Now they just throw the file at you from wherever; I don't think they even tell you where it's coming from. Sometimes the downloads don't even start. A quick F5 sorts that, though.
The nice thing about torrents is that if you like something you can host it by seeding the torrent indefinitely, and if you've got broadband, you can make it go that much faster for other broadband users. Like Linux - I pulled Kubuntu 8.10 AMD64 DVD (a 4.5GB ISO) down in a few hours. Never dropped below 300KB/s and my top speed is around 350KB/s. It probably stayed closer to 350 the whole time. Insane. But I guess it has its down sides, too.
Pity that you can't do that, but thanks for replying.
"I know my connection speed can easily reach 1GB/s"
I guess you mean 1Mb/s
I meant 1MB/s, thanks for pointing out my mistake (as much as I'd love to have 1GB/s :)).
hahaahahu I'd really love too
we all would.