It requires of course having an RSS feed to connect to for that to work. It allows you to create rules to automatically download when something becomes available. I went with qBittorrent for my torrent client, mostly because I liked the RSS downloader.
If you are not sure how to do that, this is a good guide You will want to map a network share of your download location.
Mapping drives and setting up torrent client You could feasibly stop after step one, but you would need to use PuTTY to start the VNC server each time you restart it and it would not be as secure.
Here is a link to a good guide to install and configure both the XFCE desktop and the TightVNC server. So that you do not have to keep a monitor and keyboard connected to the rock64, I recommend setting up a TightVNC server and using the VNC Viewer to remote in. I chose XFCE because it is lighter on resources as well. On this one you will most likely want a desktop environment for ease of use of the torrent client. I like the router option better as it usually displays a name that makes it easier to know which device I am looking for. This will display a list of ip addresses actively connected to your network. The internal IP address will look something like one of these: Otherwise you can connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to set up. Connect to your router and look at attached devices to find the internal IP address of the device once it is running. Plug the micro sd card into the Rock64 and fire it up. First format the micro sd card with SD Card Formatter and then use balenaEtcher to flash the image that was downloaded from DietPi.
I used my pc to put the image on the micro sd card. You can go to, click on download and choose the model of single board computer you have and there will be a download button and an instruction button right below it. I went with a DietPi os version of Debian Buster because it is a light version. The next thing would be to install an OS on the Rock64 (or other device) and choose a torrent client. Two – Set up the Rock64 with a torrent client and VPN Install the OS There are tons of guides if you google it. They are pretty easy to set up, but if you don’t have one already start here. I already had a plex media server in place on a NAS.
It looks to be sold out on that website but you can google it and find it in other places as well.