spicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agowhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down16
arrow-up1385arrow-down1external-linkwhen I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufuslemmy.zipspicy pancake@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squarecmnybolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 months agoThe torrent client also verifies the checksum for each chunk and automatically redownloads any corrupted chunks. With a direct download, you would have to manually verify the checksum and redownload the whole thing if it’s corrupted.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoi actually did not know that. now i have an excuse for never verifying pfffffff
The torrent client also verifies the checksum for each chunk and automatically redownloads any corrupted chunks. With a direct download, you would have to manually verify the checksum and redownload the whole thing if it’s corrupted.
i actually did not know that. now i have an excuse for never verifying pfffffff