ReadyNAS Duo v2: apt-get and free P2P clients?

cosmos wrote:
So it seems that I'm out of luck, unless I go full throttle to try and do this for the ARM-based v2... Do you know of any optware porting efforts for the v2 platform, or something similar in nature?

I repeat what I said above. APT is pre-installed on the ARM devices. So this means you can simply install EnableRootSSH (http://www.readynas.com/addons), login as the 'root' user (password initially set to 'admin' password) do an "apt-get update" then start installing stuff via apt.

cosmos wrote:

Nah, I prefer tinkering tbh :) On the MSS II, I had to install optware of course, but that was not a big fuss considering the high quality of howto's around. I'd be willing to install (from command line that is), test things, and even do reports about bugs/issues to the developer. I never shell out cash for stuff like that. I offer my work in return. Lots of it to be precise. Had my eyes on this or the qnap 212. I was won over due to the faster cpu and the extremely rugged looks of the v2. But until I figure a way to put free software on this thing, I won't be able to push away this feeling of making a poor decision... And, you know, the only thing I'd like to have is basically rtorrent. Without any interface, just plain old CLI rtorrent.

Well you can have a go at installing it. If you have issues it's possible someone on the forum may be able to give you some tips.