Something lighter than Azureus?

[K.Mandla]

Can anyone suggest something a bit lighter than Azureus, but with more features than bittorrentgui? I like Azureus, but it's getting on my nerves lately because it drags on my system so much. :neutral:

[Paerez]

Bittornado is good, but I think it might be a "one torrent one window" application.

rTorrent is cool, but you have to learn the keyboard shortcuts since it runs in the terminal, but its tiny!

The other thing you can do is run azureus "nicely". You can do this by saying "run application" (usually Alt-F2) and typing "nice azureus". This will run Azureus low priority on the cpu, so your other apps will go quicker.

[Tom Brokaw]

Not sure for right now, but uTorrent is supposed to have a Linux port in the works. It's very light, runs off a 150KB .exe in windows, and is very nicely featured.

[Paerez]

some people say it works well in wine (uTorrent, thats is) but I found it buggy. uTorrent is the best, imo, for winxor$

[mech7]

uTorrent is the best.. but is only for windows :(

[PhilipsHead]

using KDE i have to say ktorrent, for a good GTK client, well, there isn't one, utorrent is as ok as you'll get though.

[tseliot]

ktorrent?

[briguy]

ktorrent is great.

[PhilipsHead]

ktorrent?

Ktorrent is every downloaders wet dream, as usual, it's a QT app as all the wet dream apps are, Amarok, K3B and so on...

Kubuntu is calling... ;)

[Laterix]

I use client called Transmission. It's GTK and very simple, but still it has all I need. You should check it out (http://transmission.m0k.org/).

[Paerez]

transmission is cool but no uPNP or DHT...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients

[PhilipsHead]

For the users that don't want just bittorrent, Apollon integrates EVERY P2P protocol known to man, gnutella, fasttrack, DC++, edonkey and about five more i can't remember.

All perfectly transferable between diffrent apps because of the KDE integration, use it once and you'll never ever want to go back.

Rip it, share it, burn it, file it, store it, compress it, find it, all is done via one simple interface.

[benplaut]

I use client called Transmission. It's GTK and very simple, but still it has all I need. You should check it out (http://transmission.m0k.org/).

agreed... not only is it light and simple, i've found it to be noticably faster than bittornado or gnome-bt

[Kimm]

You can use Ktorrent in Gnome/XFCE, it will look out of place and eat more memory than "native" apps, but it will be less of a drag than Azureus.

[PhilipsHead]

You can use Ktorrent in Gnome/XFCE, it will look out of place and eat more memory than "native" apps, but it will be less of a drag than Azureus.

I would NOT recommend that, i would rather recommend using the btdownloadgui client, not the original though, for some reason Ubuntu decided against ever shipping the full fledged client, download it as a deb supporting python 2.4 and either install it via gdebi or rpm -ivh.

[Jucato]

I would NOT recommend that, i would rather recommend using the btdownloadgui client, not the original though, for some reason Ubuntu decided against ever shipping the full fledged client, download it as a deb supporting python 2.4 and either install it via gdebi or rpm -ivh.

Why wouldn't you recommend that? I use it in GNOME. Currently, it only has almost the same memory usage as Firefox with 5 tabs opened or with liferea sitting in the notification area.

Anyway, there's gTorrent, which is a project started by one of our own community members, but so far it's not even in beta yet.

[PhilipsHead]

Why wouldn't you recommend that? I use it in GNOME. Currently, it only has almost the same memory usage as Firefox with 5 tabs opened or with liferea sitting in the notification area.

Anyway, there's gTorrent, which is a project started by one of our own community members, but so far it's not even in beta yet.

No i wouldn't recommend it because it starts in download mode and there is no confuguration settings in the GUI that can be saved unlike EVERY other package.

gTorrent? lol, no.

The fact is that it would confuse Gnome users to actually have a torrent browser, so the idiots made it a downloader that starts as a browser and doesn't even remember previous torrents.

YAY for Gnome idiots.

Meanwhile, Ktorrent has been doing ok for years.

[BWF89]

BitTorando has been my torrent client of choice for over a year. But you have to like the one window per torrent type interface.

[PhilipsHead]

Why wouldn't you recommend that? I use it in GNOME. Currently, it only has almost the same memory usage as Firefox with 5 tabs opened or with liferea sitting in the notification area.

Anyway, there's gTorrent, which is a project started by one of our own community members, but so far it's not even in beta yet.

Mostly because Gnome is and alway has been flaky no matter whether it's been breezy or dapper while the Kubuntu versions have always been stable as a rock.

gtorrent is a joke at best, we all know it, no one uses it, it was over before it begun.

It's like Automatix, i tried that in dapper, clicked two checkboxes, it installed and replaced all of the options... i won't make that mistake again.

Ubuntu is like the soviet union, there is a lot of great software out there but it declares itself as Tzar and chooses.

As a longtime member of the community, as a contributor before Mark even had any idea, as a member of the FSF while he puts most of his developers on NON FREE SOFTWARE as launchpad....

Mark is after one thing, making a quick buck on the popularity, you don't get that, well that is your problem.

[Jucato]

No i wouldn't recommend it because it starts in download mode and there is no confuguration settings in the GUI that can be saved unlike EVERY other package.

I'm not sure I understand correctly (pardon my ignorance). But do you mean that when you start KTorrent, it begins downloading immediately? Is that what you meant? Because if that's what you meant, then try this: Pause/stop (with the square button in the toolbar) whatever you are downloading (either a single torrent or everything). Then quit KTorrent. Then start it again. Only those you left downloading when you closed KTorrent will continue downloading. Those that you stopped/paused will remain paused.

[PhilipsHead]

I'm not sure I understand correctly (pardon my ignorance). But do you mean that when you start KTorrent, it begins downloading immediately? Is that what you meant? Because if that's what you meant, then try this: Pause/stop (with the square button in the toolbar) whatever you are downloading (either a single torrent or everything). Then quit KTorrent. Then start it again. Only those you left downloading when you closed KTorrent will continue downloading. Those that you stopped/paused will remain paused.

NO, not at all, you can only start btdownloadgui looking for a torrent, you can start ktorrent in current mode (current being as you left it when shut down.) OR in download mode through Konqueror, the options makes most heads spin, but otoh, those people don't use KDE or Ktorrent either.

I am very familiar with Ktorrent, love it, recommend it, i'm part of the bullwhip team on the next release. ;)

Ktorrent is a great piece of software if i do say so myself, but i'm a tad biased. ;)

[banjobacon]

I use client called Transmission. It's GTK and very simple, but still it has all I need. You should check it out (http://transmission.m0k.org/).

Word.

[Jucato]

OR in download mode through Konqueror, the options makes most heads spin, but otoh, those people don't use KDE or Ktorrent either.

You mean when you click on a .torrent link in Konqueror and it begins downloading it immediately in KTorrent? Probably because I'm using KGet that's why it asks me if I want to download it first or open it (using KTorrent). What's your setting for .torrent files in Konqueror's File Associations (Settings > Configure Konqueror)? I set mine to "Ask whether to save to disk instead".

Of course, I might be misunderstanding you again... :(

[PhilipsHead]

You mean when you click on a .torrent link in Konqueror and it begins downloading it immediately in KTorrent? Probably because I'm using KGet that's why it asks me if I want to download it first or open it (using KTorrent). What's your setting for .torrent files in Konqueror's File Associations (Settings > Configure Konqueror)? I set mine to "Ask whether to save to disk instead".

Of course, I might be misunderstanding you again... :(

Exactly my point, to use Ktorrent you kinda need to use the entire package to make it all good, associations, Use Amarok and set a bittorrent search engine for it, you can make your own playlists if you have broadband, by the time the first song ends it will have found and downloaded the second.

I set torrents to open with Ktorrent, i'm using SuSE factory atm though, with the latest 3.5.3-14 packages the reaction for full download is set to enque in amarok.

[bruenig]

does ktorrent have broadcatching ability, rss feed + filters for automatic download?

[kabus]

rtorrent

[G Morgan]

If/When it gets a port I'd pick uTorrent everytime. Until then I suppose kTorrent works well enough. I just had problems with Az without the bloat, it kept giving me stupid error messages that wouldn't disappear.

[GarethMB]

Ktorrent is every downloaders wet dream, as usual, it's a QT app as all the wet dream apps are, Amarok, K3B and so on...

Kubuntu is calling... ;)
I find Ktorrent 1.2 slow and 2.0 beta1 doesn't work with my system ](*,) (though it is faster)

[Alpha_toxic]

You can check out Rufus (http://rufus.sourceforge.net/). It's Python, is supposed to be multi-platform and looks simmilar to µTorrent. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be in active developement for some time now.

[caish5]

Hey this Transmission thingy is rather nice!
Probably could use a little more development but so far i like what i see.

Here's a .deb for the lazy among us :)
Transmission0.61 (http://users.bigpond.net.au/caish5/transmission-0.6.1_0.6.1-1_i386.deb)

To start it, fire up a terminal and type...

transmission-gtk

[GarethMB]

Hey this Transmission thingy is rather nice!
Probably could use a little more development but so far i like what i see.

Here's a .deb for the lazy among us :)
Transmission 0.61 (http://users.bigpond.net.au/caish5/transmission-0.6.1_0.6.1-1_i386.deb)
>_< i can't launch this by typing transmission into the terminal. What's the launch command?

Ignore. It's transmission-gtk.

[caish5]

Sorry, i forgot to include that. Stumped me for a while too.:)


transmission-gtk

[K.Mandla]

Hey! I owe you guys and gals a huge thank-you. rTorrent is my new favorite little app. Does exactly what I wanted, and doesn't slow down the rest of the party.

Cheers, all! You guys and gals are what make Ubuntu great! :KS

[brownknight]

Try DELUGE
I too am looking for a replacement and this is what they say on their website...

Deluge has been one of, if not the most rapidly developed bittorrent client on the web. Now, Deluge is among the most feature-rich clients in development (second only to Azureus, but without the bloat, and tied with µTorrent according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_client) , and it does this without the need of tools such as Java or Wine. Deluge was created with the intention of being lightweight and unobtrusive.

[Ripfox]

Once you go Transmission...well...I could never go back!

[UbuWu]

Deluge works great!

[screaminj3sus]

Installed Deluge today and it's amazing, light, fast and feature rich way better then that bloated azureus, I think this program should be in the repos.

[NoSmokingBandit]

Not sure for right now, but uTorrent is supposed to have a Linux port in the works. It's very light, runs off a 150KB .exe in windows, and is very nicely featured.

uTorrent for linux would make my day. The windows version is perfect, so this will be a big help for linux users.

[Krakatos]

uTorrent for linux would make my day. The windows version is perfect, so this will be a big help for linux users.

uTorrrent is not open source. Difficult to think they'll port to linux, no matter what they say.,

Anyway, you should try deluge. I must say the latest versions are a better than ktorrent. True it may not be perfect yet, but it's still great, and advancing fast. My new, favorite bittorrent application.

[xpod]

Installed Deluge today and it's amazing, light, fast and feature rich way better then that bloated azureus, I think this program should be in the repos.

Am i missing something here possibly..........it`s in mine:)

[Storm Rider]

Here's a nice one, it's called qBittorrent.
http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

[Specter043]

Ktorrent works fine in Gnome, I asked the same question a few weeks ago and ktorrent was what everyone liked. I have to agree. Although if you really want to stay GNOME specific, Deluge is nice.

[satkata]

Check-out Deluge.
There is a new version - 0.5.4.1, great improvements
http://deluge-torrent.org/downloads

or if you want the new version 0.80 of Transmission, look at getdeb.org

http://www.getdeb.net/

I personally find, deluge suits better to the Gnome Desktop, but both clients are really nice.

[Blofeld]

Deluge is simple and sweet, but unfortunately in v0.5 unstable. It occasionally refuses to start, then you have to delete ...

~/.config/deluge/persistent.state
... thereby losing all ongoing downloads. Very annoying. Let's hope this was fixed in v.0.5.2.

[Quillz]

I like Transmission 0.80 on Mac OS X, not sure how well it performs on Linux, though.

[stimpack]

uTorrent sold out to Bram Cohen who sold out to the MPAA, using uTorrent at this time is a *bad* thing, especially for movies :)

KTorrent is super sweet, rTorrent is a very different kind of client and also has its uses.

[Polygon]

Deluge is simple and sweet, but unfortunately in v0.5 unstable. It occasionally refuses to start, then you have to delete ...

~/.config/deluge/persistent.state
... thereby losing all ongoing downloads. Very annoying. Let's hope this was fixed in v.0.5.2.

its because they change configuration options, so when it loads a configuration option that no longer exists it causes it to crash...

and you just have to re-add the downloads, if the downloads arnt finished they will be checked and redownloaded