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torrent client in linux

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torrent clients in linux

orrents 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.

Some tips to improve your speed:

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

torrent clients

Transmission

Transmission has gained a lot of popularity over the last year, and is considered to be one of the fastest and lightweight BitTorrent clients. It is an Open Source project, and the application is currently available on almost every operating system except Windows. Similar to uTorrent, it focuses on being lightweight, while including all the features a demanding BitTorrent user needs.

Mac

GTK+

Web Client

Terminal

Get it here: http://www.transmissionbt.com/download.php

Azerus(vuze)

Without a doubt Vuze. Transmission is very good, but i find it quite basic. Besides, vuze allows you to download HD trailers and stuff. Downloads are simply faster. You find it in the synaptic download manager.

Flawless install.Indeed, it is too memory/processor expensive.

Get it here http://www.getdeb.net/app/Vuze, easy to install :)

Deluge

Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It uses libtorrent in it’s backend and PyGTK for it’s user interface.

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

Deluge it's very good and download speeds are faster than Vuze(Azures)

Get it here : http://deluge-torrent.org/

KTorrent - Torrent client for KDE

KTorrent is a KDE bittorrent client. It has many features, including the ability to preview multimedia files and minimize to the notification area. Installed by default in Kubuntu.

Homepage: http://ktorrent.org/
Download: apt://ktorrent

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

You could try running uTorrent in Wine, I've done so with mixed results (basically due to Wine's instability).

Get it here: http://www.utorrent.com/

rtorrent (C) : for non-gui, command line interface

A torrent client written in C with an ncurses interface for minimal bloat.

rtorrent is a very simple, elegant and ultra-light bittorent client. It is written in C++ and uses ncurses, so it is completely text based and runs entirely in a console. rTorrent is ideal for low-end systems and with the addition of GNU Screen and openssh it is convenient as a remote bittorrent clien

File:Rtorrent.png

tutorial: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RTorrent

MonoTorrent (C#)

A cross platform open source .NET Framework based BitTorrent Client written in C#. MonoTorrent is a cross platform and open source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol. It supports many advanced features such as Encryption, DHT, Peer Exchange, Web Seeding and Magnet Links. Frontends: Curses TUI, Gtk GUI, WinForms GUI

Homepage: http://projects.qnetp.net/projects/show/monotorrent
Source: http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/bitsharp/
WinForms GUI homepage: http://code.google.com/p/monotorrent/
Blog: http://monotorrent.blogspot.com/

Monsoon (C#)

Monsoon Project is a GTK+ BitTorrent client based on C# and MonoTorrent.

Homepage: http://www.monsoon-project.org

Opera (built-in)

The Opera browser has built in support for Bit Torrent files. To install Opera, see OperaBrowser

BitTornado (Python)

BitTornado is a very fast Python based BitTorrent client. The standalone non-GUI package is available in the Officially supported Networking section and the GUI package is available in the Networking (Universe) section.

File:Bittornado screenshot showing use of IEC and SI prefixes.png

Homepage: http://www.bittornado.com/

TorrentFlux (PHP)

TorrentFlux is a PHP based BitTorrent controller that runs on a web. Manage all of your BitTorrent downloads from anywhere through a convenient and easy-to-use web interface.

Gnome-BT (Python)

A GNOME "mime-sink" for BitTorrent files. It's not meant to be an entire front-end, just a program that pops up when you "execute" the torrent files. The last and final release of this application is 0.0.32.