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> She asked how she could download wallpapers, we introduced her to torrents and file sharing

But... why?

Ever been to those "super-awesome-hd-wallaper.com" websites? They are FILLED with ads, popups, etc.

Instead, you can safely download one of the top wallpaper torrent package on Pirate Bay and get thousands of good quality wallpapers.

Or ya know... Google Images...

Is it that hard for you to accept that people use different tools to accomplish the same task?

It's a little bizarre to introduce someone to torrents when you can use google images. Especially someone who is struggling to grasp computing as a whole.

Psst... Didn't want to focus the discussion on the legality of torrenting. Of course she uses torrent for more than only wallpapers. ;)

I find it a bit ironic that 4chan's /wg/ of all places seems like the safest choice here. Plus, the content is always up-to-date

wallbase.cc used to be an archive that scraped the various wallpaper boards on the chans, it worked brilliantly with colour searching, tagging and they had a fantastic supply of dual/triple monitor papers.

now that looks like something that can be a nice side-project. Thanks for the great idea!

There's alpha.wallhaven.cc now but it's nowhere as good as wallbase used to be.

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