Transmission vs uTorrent

[sallam]

Greetings

Ubuntu 11.04 comes with Transmission version 2.13, although 2.22 is the current version. I didn't know that uTorrent is available for Linux, so I'm thinking of installing it. Did anyone try it on ubuntu? which one is faster?

[3 frags left]

Umm, uTorrent is available only in browser form. You need to execute a script via command line to make it open. It's not very good, and pretty slow, actually.

My torrent client of choice is Transmission (the best I have use so far), but you may try Deluge or Azureus as well. YMMV.

[CVGH]

Transmission is lite and runs very fast here. Does everything I need to grab torrents!!

[dniMretsaM]

The Linux version of uTorrent is is only CLI/WUI so you probably don't want it. Personally, I use qBittorrent and I love it. I've tried Transmission and Deluge but qBittorrent is better IMHO.

[cymbaline42]

I prefer Tixati, mainly for the ability to import multiple blocklists and set them up to update automatically at regular intervals.

[ajgreeny]

I have used ktorrent in the past when I used KDE, and that had so many options that it was a bit baffling, just like most other KDE apps seem to be now that I'm a confirmed gnome lover (not unity, - yet!).

I find transmission to be very fast downloading, and has all the customisation options I need; after all, it is really only a means to d/l fast for most of us, and if transmission does that, why bother with anything else?

[Cfhs_1]

I'm also a long time transmission user. It has always worked perfectly for me, and comes included with ubuntu so I have never even considered looking for another torrent application. Transmission seems to be the best there is, and I also think it's more stable compared to μtorrent on windows.

[Opie Wick]

I first used Transmission on Mac OS X and was ecstatic to find it installed out of the box in the first version of Ubuntu that I used (I think 8.04 maybe). Like it has been said above, Transmission has a nice gui and preferences/settings that are powerful enough for almost every user.

[robgraves]

i like qBitTorrent, i use it all the time

[jtarin]

i like qBitTorrent, i use it all the time

You should only use it when your on your computer.