The cloning method works with all Ubuntu and Ubuntu family iso files. Use a tool to create a USB boot drive fron an iso file. (Some internet service providers block torrents because they think that all torrent actions are illegal.) Creating a USB boot drive from an iso file

The torrent process will check the md5sum automatically and it is often but not always faster than downloading the iso file directly. You can start it via Dash in standard Ubuntu or via the menu in most other operating systems or via the following command line (in Linux) transmission-gtk xubuntu-16.04.Īnd it will fetch the iso file for you. I use the torrent client Transmission in Lubuntu and it works well for me. There are several torrent clients available for Ubuntu and the Ubuntu family flavours (for example Xubuntu) as well as for Windows and MacOS. You will need to install a BitTorrent client on yourĬomputer in order to enable this download method. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer download network that sometimes enables higher download speeds and more reliable downloads