Prefered torrent client?

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
vuze as it has better encryption to stop my throttling from ISP

that video crap is stupid though

I love it

 

[palswim]

Vuze/Azureus works very well for me.

Plus, it has a better remote interface through AzSMRC (those Web interfaces just don't cut it for me).

On my non-server machines, I use µTorrent though.

 

[nordloewelabs]

Halite. very light and not linked to the official BT client.
http://www.binarynotions.com/halite-bittorrent-client

 

[nordloewelabs]

interesting news about uTorrent:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...08/14/utorrent_update/

the flaw is old and could be used as a backdoor.

 

[MrColin]

Transmission and Vuze, in ubuntu I find that Transmission does faster DL but has far fewer options. In windows I use Vuze, and its slower than Vuse in ubuntu. I think Transmission has a windows and Mac version too.

For you Vuze haters/Azureus lovers, you can get the old Azureus v2.xx from sourceforge and install it, then download Vuze and snip "Azureus.jar" from the Vuze package and paste it in place of the "Azureus.jar" in your Azureus 2.xx installation. Voila! Azureus 3.xxx!

I've only tried that with the linux version though, now I just use the Vuze one in classic mode.

 

[Quiksilver]

uTorrent.

 

[x-alki]

Bitlord

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
utorrent, never had any issues with it.

 

[loup garou]

uTorrent with web interface/WHS plugin

 

[rudder]

Azureus just got too big for its britches.. literally. So know I am enjoying uTorrent.

 

[Sheep]

Like others here, I used to use Azureus before it become bloated with that Vuze crap.

Now it's µTorrent all the way--user-friendly and small footprint.

 

[Mide]

utorrent

 

[AleleVanuatu]

utorrent was the king. But now that they sold out to the MPAA and the RIAA and Hollywood in general, they are the scum of the earth. Also have WAY too many security holes and exploits, just read torrentfreak and see. Ridiculous. Nowadays if you're using utorrent it's because you are using old junk and have no clue what is the top software today for torrenting on windows. And that software is HALITE. Open-source, backdoor-free, and gorgeous. Low on resources and it's the new King.

 

[The Keeper]

AleleVanuatu, I can understand you're being enthusiastic about Halite but you're sounding like a preacher.

As much as Halite has potential to replace uTorrent as the de facto torrent client on Windows, it is still missing a lot of mandatory features, such as queue management, seeding goals and disk cache just to name a few. Actually you can get quite a number of missing features one has learned to live with by using uTorrent. uTorrent is not perfect and it was bought out, but you're being way too overly dramatic and paranoid about it. So far nothing has indicated that uTorrent is violating their users trust. I'm not saying it isn't possible, but come on. Today professionals and even average joes have access to very detailed information of what kind of data is being transmitted to and from their computers if they so wish. If uTorrent would actually transmit unauthorized information about what you're doing, it would have been noticed by now.

That said, I'm certainly switching over from uTorrent to Halite or another BT client as soon as uTorrent has a rival feature-wise. At the moment Halite isn't that and it certainly isn't the king due to lacking features.

 

[bruceb]

I tried and didn't like uTorrent .. I still have TorrentStorm 1.30 as basic torrent client. And I just installed Vuze but didn't get a chance to play with it much as yet.

 

[insect9]

uTorrent on Windows
rTorrent on Linux

 

[noriseghir]

i use Lphant (.NET), it manage bittorrent and edonkey simultaneously.