Recommendations for torrenting with linux?
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If it was Windows, it would simply be a matter of configuring the Split-tunneling options in the mullvad app and it would work the way you want, but on to use the split tunneling feature in mullvad on linux is a bit clunky and doesn't remember your settings so it annoyingly needs you to manually whitelist each app everytime you load it up.
What I do is I run mullvad in a gluetun docker container on my nas and have the environment variable "HTTPPROXY=on" set.
Then, I connect apps on my desktop computer to gluetun by going into the network settings of whatever app I want to route through mullvad and set the proxy settings to "HTTP proxy" <nas ip>:8888. I use these proxy settings for things like FreeTube and one of the web browsers i have installed that I want to use only with a vpn.
This will work if you set the http proxy setting in qbit, but if you are going to the trouble of setting up docker, you may as well have qbit running in a docker container too.
Maybe the best option for you is to install docker (even if you don't have a server or nas, you can run it on your desktop), and run gluetun and qbit in docker containers, this will auto start on boot running headless in the background and the vpn wont interfere with the rest on you computer.
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https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono seems like this is exactly what I want, actually, might help you if you're looking for a simpler solution! thanks for the advice anyway though!
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Where do you live?
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It’s like wearing 2 condoms except it feels the same as wearing nothing at all.
...I mean......
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Wow, that's crazy. Could really get creative with your config using that!
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Surfshark
Please don't use Surfshark
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Mullvad all the way
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I use i2p for torrents exclusively. It's slow but totally private so I can seed without needing to mess about with a VPN.
There is a slightly smaller community but the people on there have similar tastes to me: linux textbooks, GOG games, jazz albums, etc.
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qbittorrent.
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KTorrent (KDE) or Transmission (GNOME).
GNOME is the default on Ubuntu, Fedora and lots more. KDE is default on OpenSUSE, KDE Neon and Kubuntu.
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This; Linuxserver Qbittorrent docker with gluetun to make sure all traffic goes through your VPN.
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I don't use docker, so I just set the interface to the tun0 or whatever in the qbittorrent config.
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rtorrent for me.
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Nothing over here like that. Seems quite consistent on memory usage.
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Weird thing to downvote, this is how I tested Linux since if I broke something or wanted to try a different distro I just deleted the VM and tried another. It's way more annoying to distrohop once you've installed a system to your machine that also has all your files and configs set up.
