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At home, having a headless, dedicated machine for server tasks can be a very handy thing. I have an Ubuntu machine connected directly to our router that I use for development, storage and occasional torrenting. Finding the adequate BitTorrent tools has been a challenge, since this machine is headless and administered solely through ssh. Most of the existing BitTorrent applications, though lightweight, require a GUI interface. I've found a great solution using two programs, GNU screen and bittorrent-curses . GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer that allows one to run several [...]