minimum OS

[zee070622]

so i have this older laptop. a toshiba satellite c75d-a.
it has a decent sized hard drive and i have another 750g hdd sata to connect to it
i want to put a minimum operating system on this macine to run qbit only and control it remotely from another lappy on my lan
my question is what is the minimum os to run qbit and remote connection?
i very much want to seed as many as i can but i cant do so with my work lappy so...
any constructive positive feedback will be apprerciated
thank you in advance
and please forgive me if this type of question is already addressed.
and point me towards that if it is

[Peter]

Just put Linux on it I think. Which one? Whichever you like, I'd probably go with Xubuntu, or Manjaro's XFCE variant.
Why not Windows? Because even Windows 10 is soon end of life, and qBittorrent does not intend to support abandoned systems.

- How to control remotely?
You can enable WebUI, or VNC also works on Linux but its' a bit more finicky to set up.

Ps.: That CPU is just super super poopy, so don't expect much. It was always super super poopy.

[spike1234]

Have you considered https://dietpi.com?
It's a minimal Linux setup and you can also easily install qBittorent (see: https://dietpi.com/docs/software/bittor ... bittorrent).

[zee070622]

Thanks for the inputs. I've got a plan now and I'm working on it.
I do appreciate the help.

[zee070622]

well, itried several smalll distros but being a n00b left me baffled by them
heck i couldnt even get my vpn to work on them
so, i took a microshit os and cut it severely, keeping only that which is absolutely necessary, and whala!
i have the box set up in the other room connected remote and all is well.
currently serving close to 1500 gigs of discography's
my next question is why does qbit max upload at 1 mb/s when my www speeds are 10 mb/s?
it seems like qbit is allowing only 10% of my total
odd