[SOLVED] What is the best Torrent client

[sadaruwan12]

Hi,

I like to know what is the best and the fastest torrent client for Ubuntu OS. I'm having so much trouble with slow torrent downloads.

[joukez]

Transmission. The DL speed also depends on how much seeders there are and what there upload speed is.

[AlexBellisBrown]

Without a doubt Vuze. Get it here http://www.getdeb.net/app/Vuze, easy to install :)

[benny bronx]

Slow torrents are usually caused by your router, your internet provider, or bad torrents. When you ask what is the best torrent program, the answers will probably include every program in the repos. However, Deluge seems to work best on my system.

[AlexBellisBrown]

Transmission

Transmission is very good, but i find it quite basic. Besides, vuze allows you to download HD trailers and stuff. Gotta love HD :D
:popcorn:

[mikewhatever]

Hi,

I like to know what is the best and the fastest torrent client for Ubuntu OS. I'm having so much trouble with slow torrent downloads.

Slow torrents have nothing to do with the client you use, and well, there is no best, obviously.

[mamamia88]

i just use Bittorrent

[AlexBellisBrown]

Some tips to improve your speed: http://torrentfreak.com/speed-up-your-torrents-tips-from-a-bittorrent-developer-080719/

[sadaruwan12]

I tried transmission it's very slow even after I forwarded a listening port So I like to which one will be good apart from transmission 'cos I'm lost in so many torrent clients.

[AlexBellisBrown]

Where do you get your torrent files from? And do they show many seeds?

[sadaruwan12]

Slow torrents have nothing to do with the client you use, and well, there is no best, obviously.
Well there have to be 'cos there are best thing in every thing isn't it

[lavinog]

Some ISP's are restricting torrent traffic.
Encryption seems to help

Torrents are not meant to be really fast, just easy on bandwidth
It is possible to have too many ports open also. Many consumer routers will bog down when there are too many connections.

[AlexBellisBrown]

With a decent torrent you can max youre connection, but you need to get your torrents from a good source to begin with...

[2hot6ft2]

+1 for deluge.

[cb951303]

transmission was my first choice because it's minimalist and all but after I tried deluge I don't imagine going back. Downloads are simply faster. Sometimes x2. Before anyone asks, I know how to forward a port and I know the bittorrent theory. I'm pretty sure It's not caused by a configuration difference. There may be some obscure bug in Transmission causing this... I don't know...

[ELF_O8]

I personally like Deluge but have never had a problem with Transmission

[marcgh]

I use Azureus, like the functions.
You find it in the synaptic download manager.
Flawless install.

[Copernicus1234]

I ran Transmission for many months, messing around with it to try and get good speed. I figured there must be something with my settings. But the ports were opened and forwarded to/from the router, everything seemed OK. The speed was crap though.

Then I tried Vuze 4. Instant speed without doing anything. So my vote will have to go to Vuze. I have not tried any other client on Linux besides Transmission and Vuze however.

[AlexBellisBrown]

I use Azureus, like the functions.
You find it in the synaptic download manager.
Flawless install.

Isnt Azuereus now called Vuze?? :popcorn:

[Copernicus1234]

Isnt Azuereus now called Vuze?? :popcorn:

Yes, and if you install Azureus via Synaptec, you get version 3.1.1.1 when 4.04 is the latest, flashy one. So I recommend getting Vuze. :)

It seems the Vuze package is available in the repositories but it points to the Azureus 3.1.1.1 package... so I would get the .deb file or just download the client from their webpage. Running it is just unpacking it and clicking a file. No "install" needed.

[marcgh]

Isnt Azuereus now called Vuze?? :popcorn:
Yes, Azureus went now as Vuze and is many versions higher.
But I still like Azureus because Vuze annois me with to much updates.
i.e. I don't need the media player from Vuze but anytime I launch it I get it proposed.
Azureus is just fine for me...but that is me:D

[jerome1232]

I'm going to 50th the vuze recomendation but the client won't have anything to do with the speed. It will have to do with the seed:leacher ratio and the upload speed of the seeders.

The only thing I like about Vuze is the built in search feature, Other than that I find it an overly bloated torrent client.

Deluge seemed feature rich but once again I like vuze for the search engine that searches several torrent search engines.

Transmission is my winner for a lightweight torrent client. It has all the basic features one needs and doesn't cause your computer to start thrashing (that's an over statement but I think vuze takes the longest to start out of any program on my computer)

[oldsoundguy]

torrents are dependent on how many seeds there are ON LINE and what THEIR upload speeds are. If they are stuck behind a university firewall that throttles uploads, your download will suk. If they are on dial up, your downloads will suk .. even if you are a on cable at 23mbps. Just because a torrent is listed in a place like isoHunt does not mean that the torrent is available at all times.

Torrents are not stored on servers! Understand that it is peer to peer. So do not expect that all will be blazingly fast downloads.

As to which client. I like several. Vuze is great for the video stuff!
But for general torrents .. almost any will do that are in the repositories .. but using a download manager will also help (Flash Get in Windows, for instance)(Down Load Them All in Firefox for Linux .. coupled with FlashGot)

[transmition]

Avoid Vuze like the plague. I find it resource intensive.

My vote is for Transmission. It's light on resources, and can do a fair bit. If you want more information on something, just hit the details button.

Also, you may want to confirm whether or not what you are downloading is causing the problem. Try downloading this : http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4499316/Ubuntu_8.10_Desktop_(32-bit) and tell us your speeds.

[jpmelos]

Seconding: Avoid Vuze like the plague. I find it resource intensive.

Indeed, it is too memory/processor expensive.

Use Deluge. No doubt it's the best you can get for the feature/performance relationship.

[ELF_O8]

Deluge is the Linux answer to Window's uTorrent (which I adore).
You could try running uTorrent in Wine, I've done so with mixed results (basically due to Wine's instability).

[sadaruwan12]

Guys tell me witch one should I choose Vuze 4.0.0.4, BitTornado, BitTorrent, Azureus 2.5.0.4 or deluge

[cb951303]

I'd go with deluge

[methodmarvel]

I like deluge - it's very utorrent like apparently

[Greyed]

Well there have to be 'cos there are best thing in every thing isn't it

Depends. Haven't you ever wondered why 20 different brands of shampoo all claim to clean hair the best? Only one can be the best, right? Nope. Say you create a scale of hair cleanliness and rated all 20 shampoo products on that scale and all 20 got a perfect score they are all "the best". Ain't advertising speak grand?

As for the OP's question... Search is your friend, this is a question that has been asked, and answered, dozens of times. The answers you get will be based on personal bias more than anything else and, as such, what is best for you is just that, for you to determine.

Personally I have used Azureus (but not Vuze), deluge, ktorrent, qtorrent and utorrent under wine. Currently I prefer ktorrent but if you're not running KDE you may not like loading the KDE libs to run it.

[sadaruwan12]

Guys I tried Deluge it's very good and download speeds are faster than Vuze(Azures). I think it's a slap in the face for Azures developers and for the uTorrent people too 'cos Azures has bent away from it's Linux roots more toward windows and uTorrent guys are still going on windows platform didn't even considered to release a Linux version but Deluge I think is a very nice answer for those who missed a very good bit client. I personally fell in love with Deluge on the first use I recommend this to any type of user also they have a variety of installations for most popular distros and also they maintain a backport repo for updates so I think this a very good choice for any one.

[burnetbj]

Hi there

I also have tried many clients that most have posted in here and I would not take any of them. I have seen several people point towards utorrent as a reference comparison but I have got to say after all the ones I have tried I like ktorrent the best by far. I use Ubuntu but install ktorrent, k3b, and amarok with out any issues or hassles

if your looking for utorrent for linux its ktorrent works perfect in Ubuntu

Just my 2 cents

[BobCFC]

The reason why I like Deluge and Azureus the best is because I can right-click on a finished torrent and choose Move Storage or Move Files etc. This means that I can put my finished downloads in any folder I want and continue seeding to get a good ratio.

If you use Transmission you have to keep them all in the downloads folder as long as you want to seed.

I am using Deluge for now because is lighter than Az which uses Java. Az has the most features for a power user.

[Greyed]

I think it's a slap in the face for Azures developers and for the uTorrent people too 'cos Azures has bent away from it's Linux roots more toward windows and uTorrent guys are still going on windows platform didn't even considered to release a Linux version

That is not true, at least on the uTorrent side (I never did like Azureus). The first word of their download page says it all.



Download µTorrent now - It's Free.

For Wine, Windows 95 (Winsock2), 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and now Mac!
(http://mac.utorrent.com/)

They list Wine before all else and if I am not mistaken, do ensure that current versions always play nice with Wine. Is it a native port? No. Are they aware of Linux? Yes. They have chosen to address that by playing nice with Wine which, in turn, means they play nice with other FOSS unix-like OSes like FreeBSD (http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine). That is a decision I can respect and I wish more Windows developers, especially game developers, would take.

[theozzlives]

I tried transmission it's very slow even after I forwarded a listening port So I like to which one will be good apart from transmission 'cos I'm lost in so many torrent clients.

I've downloaded at 900 KB/s-1 MB/s with transmission before, but I've also downloaded at 1 KB/s before also.

[sadaruwan12]

Download µTorrent now - It's Free.

For Wine, Windows 95 (Winsock2), 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and now Mac!


Mr.Greyed I respect your point of view but my point is if the developers at utorrent respect Linux why don't they just go ahead and develop a version for that rather than letting people run it on a windows emulator. If they can't maintain a verity of packages then release just for most famous distributions for ex:Ubuntu, Fedora ... etc.[-X

[winterblues]

Deluge

[Greyed]

Mr.Greyed I respect your point of view but my point is if the developers at utorrent respect Linux why don't they just go ahead and develop a version for that

Many reasons? Not enough time, experience on the platform, so on? There are many reasons. I understood your point. I just didn't agree with it since there is more to the spectrum than a full support and no support. Playing nice with wine is far more than most places do and it is my opinion (but not yours) that it should count for something.


rather than letting people run it on a windows emulator.

Tsk, and you lose points for that statement. I mean you are aware of what wine means, right?

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ?action=recall&rev=217#head-8b4fbbe473bd0d51d936bcf298f5b7f0e8d25f2e



They are using the acronym "Wine Is Not an Emulator", the original name for the project.

[Ben Page]

Ubuntu 8.10 has serious problems with internet via router, at least for me. I did manage to get rid of those internet lockups, but im still left with stuttering, lag in the connection. While FTP and HTTP download speeds are in full speed, torrent downloads are 30-40% slower than in Windows XP and 7, in my case, no matter what client I use. I think this is not a client problem, its Ubuntu problem. Maybe its drivers for realtek LAN, maybe my Router its not compatible with Linux-or-Linux is not compatible with my router, witch works flawlessly on every windows edition and its SPs.

Anyway, try Ktorrent, its written for KDE but work and looks just fine in Ubuntu, also Monsoon is great - written for openSUSE 11, you can download them via synaptic, just tipe the name in the search box.

[sadaruwan12]

Ubuntu 8.10 has serious problems with internet via router, at least for me. I did manage to get rid of those internet lockups, but im still left with stuttering, lag in the connection. While FTP and HTTP download speeds are in full speed, torrent downloads are 30-40% slower than in Windows XP and 7, in my case, no matter what client I use. I think this is not a client problem, its Ubuntu problem. Maybe its drivers for realtek LAN, maybe my Router its not compatible with Linux-or-Linux is not compatible with my router, witch works flawlessly on every windows edition and its SPs.

Anyway, try Ktorrent, its written for KDE but work and looks just fine in Ubuntu, also Monsoon is great - written for openSUSE 11, you can download them via synaptic, just tipe the name in the search box.

Me.Ben Page I strongly agree with you I've a prolink H9000 router that works very nicely with my Hardy (8.04) but when I switched to Interpid every thing went crazy I lost my network connection and there where few other bugs too. So I'd to degrade back to hardy and this also proves my theory that LTS version are very stable than the 18 month supported versions. Any way I'm using Deluge for the time being is kTorrent better than Deluge. :-k

Mr.Greyed sorry for that comment on Wine


rather than letting people run it on a windows emulator.

What I wanted to say is that just develop a version just to run on Linux with out using third party stuff like wine

[oldsoundguy]

You guys and gals seem to forget one of the many reasons that Linux is superior for general usage, the flexibility! .. (and the free programs)
Try a program from your repository, if you don't like it, dump it and move on to the next one. Unlike Windows, it does not take an act of congress to remove the old program and put in the new one.
It was that way with me when I was searching for an FTP client .. tried a lot of them and settled for the one that comes with Firefox .. FireFTP ... as being the one that met MY particular needs (not running a server.. did not need server software) and that had that look and feel of WS_FTP Pro that I had become accustomed to using in Windows.

And instead of searching in your package manager .. consider a plug in for Firefox .. give them a shot if you use the system. Same thing there. If it does not meet your needs or expectations, dump it and move on. (but leave a review for others)
(The advantage of Firefox over other browsers .. the fact that it is a system, and not just a browser.)

Whatever dings your ling .. Nice thing is you can TRY stuff out to find what you like and what fits and, most important of all ... WORKS!

[mikewhatever]

Guys I tried Deluge it's very good and download speeds are faster than Vuze(Azures). I think it's a slap in the face for Azures developers and for the uTorrent people too 'cos Azures has bent away from it's Linux roots more toward windows and uTorrent guys are still going on windows platform didn't even considered to release a Linux version but Deluge I think is a very nice answer for those who missed a very good bit client. I personally fell in love with Deluge on the first use I recommend this to any type of user also they have a variety of installations for most popular distros and also they maintain a backport repo for updates so I think this a very good choice for any one.

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I can also say that Azureus is a very good client, although not many beginners will benefit from the sophisticated features it provides.

[papill0n]

Well a vote for rtorrent here. Was using kTorrent when first using Ubuntu but got fed up with it constantly crashing when download speeds where very high, switched over to rtorrent. Takes a little getting used to with the commands and stuff but I absolutely love it :D

[feistybill]

Deluge is the Linux answer to Window's uTorrent (which I adore).
You could try running uTorrent in Wine, I've done so with mixed results (basically due to Wine's instability).

I love uTorrent but I'd prefer avoid using wine (especially for p2p). I wonder if Deluge includes one of the features that I love in uTorrent: automatic detection of bad uploaders and banning of their IPs?

[lavinog]

I love uTorrent but I'd prefer avoid using wine (especially for p2p). I wonder if Deluge includes one of the features that I love in uTorrent: automatic detection of bad uploaders and banning of their IPs?

You can try submitting an idea on brainstorm.

[feistybill]

You can try submitting an idea on brainstorm.

I posted a feature request on their forum. No reply unfortunately...