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February 17th, 2008
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Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
Hey all,
I'm looking for a good torrent client for my sister on XP. She's not really a techie, and will only be downloading straight from one site, so I'd prefer something like the standard Ubuntu bittorrent client - straightforward, with no bells and whistles - just open and download. My only other requirement is that the download site is free of sketchy ads. (I know a lot of torrent sites are quite questionable, and I don't really want to send her to one of those). Thanks, Jeff
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February 17th, 2008
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Fresh Brewed Ubuntu
 
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
utorrent is a nice lightweight client for Windows. As for torrent tracker sites, that really depends on what she wants to download. A search on isohunt yields lots of results for most things.
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February 17th, 2008
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May the Ubuntu Be With You!
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
Like the above poster said µTorren is a nice bittorrent client that has no bells and whistles. It is lightweigh and fast.
http://www.utorrent.com/
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February 17th, 2008
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5 Cups of Ubuntu
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
Thanks. I'll look into that.
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Way Too Much Ubuntu
 
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
utorrent is the best... It has a built in hash checker... Also a good place for torrent files is mininova.org and thepiratebay.org
I don't use isohunt because you can't check for comments on how good the file is... So stick with MN and TPB
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February 18th, 2008
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Gee! These Aren't Roasted!
 
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
I asked this question recently and the answers were in favour of utorrent, I've been using it since - it's fast, simple to use and doesn't slow my system up. +1 for utorrent
 If you're avoiding any dodgy ads, then as one person pointed out you could settle for the official bittorent client, but I didn't see any on the utorrent site either.
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February 18th, 2008
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
Another vote for utorrent.
-Richard
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February 18th, 2008
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
Try FlashGet... A torrent client + excellent download manager..
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February 18th, 2008
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
+1 for Azureus
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Way Too Much Ubuntu
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Re: Recommendation of a Torrent client for XP
I don't like azureus its too much of a system hog... That and I think it has too many useless features
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