>> You're kind of paranoid, huh? ;)  You never really used bittorrent?
> 
> No Sir; up until this day and hour, I have managed to stay /far/ away 
> from it. So far that I have not much of an idea what it /really/ 
> actually is.

It's a way of obtaining files. Has the advantage that it's inherantly 
resumable, and hypothetically allows the best possible download rates by 
adaptively selecting where to download from. Has the notable 
disadvantage that it requires open ports exposed to the Internet in 
order to work properly, which can be problematic to configure.

>> BTW, I don't see the logic behind an offline Linux in favor of an 
>> online Windows if security is of concern... :)
> 
> Because I haven't got the slightest clue about administering Linux.

That's a pretty logical reason, actually...

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