[SGVLUG] getting & using BitTorrent

[Emerson, Tom]

SuSE 10.0 went "gold" today [perhaps you've noticed slight pauses on the 'net?]  One of my old servers isn't liking the 9.x series [the SuSE "installer" hangs during boot] so I thought I'd try the 10.0 "live" to ensure 10.0 at least runs [then I can figure out installation later]

Realizing that "everybody" [who wants it NOW] will be hitting ftp.suse.com and it's mirrors, I figured I'd try BitTorrent [I hear it works better when more people try to get the same file, and day-1 of a new ISO release should ensure plenty of downloaders...]

got the "official" rpm, installed it, read the chapter on firewalls so I poked a hole through mine to allow the 688x range in, and then did the classic "so, now what?"

As the FAQ's point out, you don't actually "start" a client in the traditional napster/kazaa sense, but apparently you "click a link" and your browser should know what to do (there is some vague indication of an "application/x-bittorrent" mime type that gets "installed", but as many helpless others have claimed, "it didn't [appear] to work"

what /actual/ helper program do I need to point this too?

what other things should I look for to ensure the .rpm actually installed properly?

and finally, how many people would be interested in 10.0 install/eval/live cd's or dvd's at the next meeting? [seems there is a 10.0-OSS and 10.0-retail, where the -OSS version would be akin to debian "pure", and -retail would be identical to what you would pay for at fry's...]  (note: it isn't actually called "-retail", but I can't remember the exact name either -- for the fully open version, I do remember it's called -OSS)