Before Asking...

[aduckie]

Before asking any questions, try to look at some of these wonderful FAQs:

FAQ
http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/
http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html
http://btfaq.com/

There are loads of BitTorrent clients to get you started. Some of these are Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Basic
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Advanced
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
http://www.utorrent.com/
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/
http://www.bittornado.com/
http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/

Now, you need torrent websites! You can obviously visit TokyoTosho for torrents. There are many other websites too. Just use your favorite search engine.

What about starting your own BitTorrent tracker? You can message Edward_K for one at:

irc://irc.rizon.net/fansub-torrents

IRC is required. mIRC is nice for newbies!

There are tons of other trackers like BNBT. Once again, use your local search engine.

Only post here if you have a serious problem that can't be solved in the FAQs. 99.99% of problems can be solved with common sense or using the FAQ.

Sometimes, torrents have private trackers that require you to register. So, register first. Some torrents also have compressed files that are passworded. Only thing you can do about that is snoop around. Good luck.

[Unyuu]

Before asking any questions, try to look at some of these wonderful FAQs:

FAQ
http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/
http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html
http://btfaq.com/

There are loads of BitTorrent clients to get you started. Some of these are Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Basic
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Advanced
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
http://www.utorrent.com/
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/
http://www.bittornado.com/
http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/

Now, you need torrent websites! You can obviously visit TokyoTosho for torrents. There are many other websites too. Just use your favorite search engine.

What about starting your own BitTorrent tracker? You can message Edward_K for one at:

irc://irc.rizon.net/fansub-torrents

IRC is required. mIRC is nice for newbies!

There are tons of other trackers like BNBT. Once again, use your local search engine.

Only post here if you have a serious problem that can't be solved in the FAQs. 99.99% of problems can be solved with common sense or using the FAQ.

Sometimes, torrents have private trackers that require you to register. So, register first. Some torrents also have compressed files that are passworded. Only thing you can do about that is snoop around. Good luck.

let's hope the n00bies actually find this thread ;o

[Judau Ashta]

It's probably better if you had posted that here

[GufyMike]

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html  <-- this should be added to that list.  Its not bt related, just a manual on how to ask smart questions.