Watch How to Torrent - Beginners Tutorial video on DTube
A more lecture style tutorial for the generalities of how torrenting works. I do this on Windows.
General Directions:
- Download a program like Utorrent, which is a torrent client.
- Download Peerblock and install.
- Google search item + " torrent" at the end.
- Open Peerblock and block a couple of lists like P2P, advertising, and spyware
- Open the torrent and save wherever. You will be leeching the file (downloading).
- You start seeding (uploading) after leeching is done. Seed files under your discrimination. Seed illegal torrents at your own risk. Don't seed too much unless you have a VPN or seedbox. If you seed too much, and it's a popular illegal torrent on a public site (like kickass or piratebay), you will likely receive a message from your ISP.
Utorrent:
http://www.utorrent.com/
Peerblock:
http://www.peerblock.com/
Wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent