[ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

[Matthew Wild]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Javad Ayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> just an idea..and dont shoot me for this...i dont really know about the
> inner working thingys of software. ....but what if for example Ktorrent was
> actually installed on the external usb mounted hard drive instead of the
> normal place it installs in...im presuming in root....so now when is
> switched off....ktorrent is still active inside the external HD...... :)
>
> work or no work? lol
>

No work :)

Running an application requires a CPU. Which is why people suggested
using the NSLU2, which has a small CPU, which does not use much power.
The NSLU2 (which can run Linux) can also connect to USB hard disks.

Matthew