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May 6
We have just added TheOpenCD's latest release, 07.04. Get the torrent from here.

February 23
We are now officially tracking TheOpenCD's latest release, 07.02. The torrent is running well, with some clients reporting download speeds of 450kB/s in the first few hours of seeding! Get the torrent here.

February 15
We have finished updating the site to fit the new tracker software. A series of optimizations around the site have increased capacity and we can now support well over 10000 peers simultaneously. Individual torrent statistics are now functioning.

February 13
We are currently updating our tracker script. During this time, the tracker may be offline for short lengths of time, and the torrent database may report incorrect seeder / peer values. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The new tracker system will be far more efficient and allow us to support more users. We estimate we currently have capacity for 2000 users - the new script will allow us to support 15000+.

February 11
Certain torrents were removed from the database - we now no longer track MoinMoin, AbiWord, Tux Racer or PDF Creator. These torrents will still be accepted by the tracker, however we will require greater use to justify the server resources consumed. In other news, the BZFlag torrent is being widely downloaded.

January 16
We had some unexpected downtime of the main site over the past week or so. Luckily, the tracker was not affected and torrents are being distributed as usual. We now have measures in place to prevent the problem in future and apologise for any incovenience this may have caused.

December 31
75 simultaneously connected peers! Open Source Torrents is growing at an unprecedented rate. Statistics show up to 2000 unique visitors a day, and we are constantly adding projects. If you know of a major open source application that you want shared through Open Source Torrents, please request it.