Where to find torrents?
I used to use thepiratebay.org [http://thepiratebay.org], but recently it seems the quality of the site has degraded. I sometimes also use 1337xx.to [http://1337xx.to] , but that site seems to have a very small selection. Note that I couldn’t find an answer to this question in the wiki + meathread [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/10901], so if the answer is already there, please direct my attention to it 🙏🏴☠️
I’ll add that what I’m currently looking for is “Pimsleur Dutch”, a language learning audio guide.
Here are the current results in thepiratebay.org
The top result has only 2 seeders, only contains the first of three chapters, and is very outdated (from 2008).
In general, I recommend adding Jackett to qbittorrent. It works great and is much better than the standard search add-ons.
For this specific request, AudioBook Bay has a 30 lesson Dutch section (in a large general pack) and is dated 2022 (also available via Jackett in qbittorrent).
1337x.to not xx.to
I have no idea who xx.to is… it’s not on the list of alternate domains so I’m a bit leery of that one.
They just want ad clicks. It’s a really basic scam. Duplicate the website. Flood it with javascript mouse clicks and you can get an ad impression for every 3/4 clicks. Multiply that by thousands you can make decent coin.
That’s all they are really after.
Bitsearch is a good indexer for finding torrents from across multiple sites, but check the source as best you can, and then use a VPN and scan the files after.
www.bitsearch.to/search?q=pimsleur+dutch
You can also search in qbittorrent with the search plugin, it’ll be easier to see the sources from there.
I like to use rutracker.org. The tracker is public but the search is behind a registration form. Based on my experience it has some content I was unable to find on English trackers. Additionally, InsaneZemRes (a no compression repacker, good if internet speed/bandwidth aren’t of a concern) uploads new releases to there instantly, so very comfortable if I’m looking for a game that came out recently.
In case I can’t find what I’m looking for on rutracker, torrentgalaxy.to is a good alternative. They have a lot of the RARBG torrents and I think that’s where most ex-RARBG users migrated.
I know when I set it up I had to add them manually, but that was years ago. Maybe this is a new thing, or maybe your specific Ubuntu instillation was a custom fork of QB that included a bunch from the start.
(I really think it’s unlikely that base QB would include them, since it would make it more obvious that they intend it to be used for piracy - something they’d want to avoid for legal reasons. Yeah, I know, but I’d rather they not get shut down.)
I used to use thepiratebay.org, but recently it seems the quality of the site has degraded.
Recently??? 😏
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