Thor
Ambassador of Buzz
I whole heartedly agree to you m8. uTorrent is now cr$p ware. It hangs and freezes on me so often. I wanted to use a previous version but because of known vulnerabilities in the client few of the private trackers have ban them. So dont got a choice.
I would love to hear upcoming alternatives to uTorrent. I gave Azureus / Vuze a try but thats a heavy client too.
I would love to hear upcoming alternatives to uTorrent. I gave Azureus / Vuze a try but thats a heavy client too.
GhorMaanas
The Vagrant Seeker
i still use utorrent on my pc. one can turn off the ads from the utorrent interface from its advanced settings.
deluge is my next favourite, although i have used it very briefly on the pc. other than utorrent, i use deluge, transmission, rtorrent+rutorrent on my router and NAS.
deluge is my next favourite, although i have used it very briefly on the pc. other than utorrent, i use deluge, transmission, rtorrent+rutorrent on my router and NAS.
OP
Give Deluge a try. I've just installed it for Windows and I'm liking it. This is my default client in Linux.
*download.deluge-torrent.org/windows/?C=M;O=D
OP
I prefer Deluge in Ubuntu.
Flash
Lost in speed
Sometimes, the Start torrent/Stop torrent buttons on uTorrent, just not working. I've to right click on the particular torrent, to stop/start.
I preferred Tixati, but to add trackers to a torrent you've to go a long way against the double-click-on-the-torrent-to-add-trackers-in-uTorrent.
I preferred Tixati, but to add trackers to a torrent you've to go a long way against the double-click-on-the-torrent-to-add-trackers-in-uTorrent.
GhorMaanas
The Vagrant Seeker
i miss the 'pause' button in utorrent; although we can still pause the DLs and ULs using right-click, but pressing the button straightaway was more convenient. idk why the devs removed it. had seen some discussion about it on utorrent forums, but dont remember seeing any reply from any dev/admin there as to the reason behind the move; only posts like 'use right-click & live with it!'
anyway, this thread and my earlier post reminded me and rekindled my interest in deluge. will install that as well on my downloading-laptop!
anyway, this thread and my earlier post reminded me and rekindled my interest in deluge. will install that as well on my downloading-laptop!
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i too use utorrent older version & as for security risk you are far more likely to face these risks through your browser's flash & java script features or documents like pdf & ms office files.
Flash
Lost in speed
You mean version 3.4.2?
Oh yea. Lol. Edited old post.
Found it in their forum.
OP
You seriously don't need firewalls and other **** in Ubuntu/Linux.
If you mainly use torrents & never reset your stats & setting then over time no. of torrents will accumulate.e.g.if you download ~50 torrents in a month then after 3 years it will become ~1800 torrents.