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deadlylife

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Registered: 2008-12-24

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Torrenting

Hello, I am wanting to use a torrent client but the bittorrent package in the Arch repos has no gui. What is a good torrent application with a gui?

Minardi

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Registered: 2009-02-14

Posts: 9

Re: Torrenting

Deluge:D

or

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=torrent

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Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

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Re: Torrenting

Transmission-gtk

deadlylife

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Registered: 2008-12-24

Posts: 120

Re: Torrenting

Thank you!

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Torrenting

I know you asked for a GUI app...but once you use rTorrent (a CLI app) you will not want anything else.

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: Torrenting

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … nt_Clients

Wintervenom

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Registered: 2008-08-20

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Re: Torrenting

Vuze.  It has a lot of nice features and plug-ins.  I found it useful because I can download from all the network interfaces I'm connected to at the same time and get a nice speed boost.

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Dieter@be

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Registered: 2006-11-05

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Re: Torrenting

rtorrent (ncurses does also count as gui right?)

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Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

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Re: Torrenting

I know you asked for a GUI app...but once you use rTorrent (a CLI app) you will not want anything else.

I wish I could say that, but one big missing feature for me is modifying tracker URLs... probably other things, too, but I didn't test thoroughly.

A few notes on Linux BitTorrent apps:

1.) The bittorrent package is from the company BitTorrent, Inc., which is a legal endeavour. I would avoid.... even if you're just downloading Linux distros. The media companies have been known to get jumpy. I don't think the official BitTorrent Linux client is rebranded uTorrent, though, only their Windows client is rebranded uTorrent (maybe Mac too) - and since the original official BitTorrent client SUCKED, even more reason to stay away.
2.) uTorrent is tiny, fast, and works perfect in Wine, but BitTorrent Inc. bought it and made it their official client, so I would still avoid.
3.) Vuze/Azureus is packed chock-full of features, including sick plugins and media capabilities (you can change the interface back to the no-nonsense Azureus 2.5x style), but it's Java and eats system resources for breakfast - even more so than most Java apps.
4.) rTorrent is great if you don't need a ton of features, the absolute tiniest client, and works splendidly for having a dropbox dedicated PC just for downloading torrents.
5.) Deluge is in rapid development and is being quickly adopted by both Windows and Linux users. It's quite light, but not as much as uTorrent. Plugins available.
6.) kTorrent seems to be a fairly solid client with KDE integration. qBittorrent is another, which is not aimed specifically at KDE, but uses the Qt widget toolkit so it should have a similar look and feel to KDE.
7.) Transmission is very popular on Mac, and works in Linux (though it seems to be fairly basic).

Happy seeding!

haxit

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Registered: 2008-03-04

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Re: Torrenting

Transmission-GTK is the best imo.

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Hrod beraht

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 186

Re: Torrenting

I know you asked for a GUI app...but once you use rTorrent (a CLI app) you will not want anything else.

rtorrent + screen, on a server =

For a GUI, try Deluge.

Bob

Dead Code

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Registered: 2009-01-18

Posts: 227

Re: Torrenting

If you need a simple client with not much config, Transmission is ideal. For a little more tweaking, Deluge is recommended. Else if you are feeling adventurous and diving into the console, rtorrent is magnificient.

I have used all the 3 clients, and all are good ones..

thomaschik

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From: Hong Kong

Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 3

Re: Torrenting

Personally I find deluge delighting.  Transmission is good, but seems to lack the details and configuration deluge provides.

tad

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Registered: 2006-12-08

Posts: 19

Re: Torrenting

Deluge headless + webUI = crazy delicious

adamlau

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 418

Re: Torrenting

Transmission for something simple and easy. aria2, or rTorrent for something even simpler, more efficient and likely faster.

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