Best Torrent downloader?

[_Jimlad_]

Just did a clean reinstall and was about to install Utorrent and just thought i would ask around to see what else people use, found Utorrent has grown bigger and more addy than it used to last time i stuck it on a pc..

thanks for advise.


don't judge me

 

[Pho]

You can always download and use the old versions of uTorrent from FileHippo, I think I still use 2.2.1.

 

[OhEsEcks]

Deluge torrent.

 

[jh30uk]

I stuck with Bit Tornado (based on original BT client) for many years after it was not supported by author but it cannot do magnets and some of those online convertors do not work to convert magnet links to torrent links.

IMO uTorrent is best of a bad bunch so I use it on rare occasion I actually need a torrent.

Update to latest free Beta and look up the guide to edit the settings to kill all adverts and spam crap.

See you got 2 replies while I was slowing typing this lol.

 

[emu]

http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

love this with the built in search engine

 

[Elevon]

http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

love this with the built in search engine

Yep Qbittorrent best one, no ads etc..Utorrent went downhill awhile back.

 

[_Jimlad_]

Trying it now.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

deluge without a shadow of a doubt.

deluge server on my htpc and I can easily single click magnets onto it from anywhere..... desktop pcs, laptops, phones. Can also do this remotely too with a bit of hacking

 

[KIA]

It depends. Do you use private trackers?

Deluge, if you want to play it safe.

 

[_Jimlad_]

i cant seem to get magnets to work on qbit

 

[KIA]

i cant seem to get magnets to work on qbit

What's the issue?
Have you tweaked the DHT settings?

 

[Tony Williams]

U Torrent,transmission and bitcomit.

 

[DeanT77]

utorrent 2.2.1

I had problems with the later versions causing a "disk overload 100%" error then everything ground to a halt

 

[OhEsEcks]

U Torrent,transmission and bitcomit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcomet#Controversy_and_criticism

 

[Subliminal Aura]

utorrent 2.2.1

I had problems with the later versions causing a "disk overload 100%" error then everything ground to a halt

Issues with partial file allocation ? I had this on ext3. Upgraded the fs to ext4 problem solved

 

[Tony Williams]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcomet#Controversy_and_criticism

Sorry about that then..... BitComet back in the day was as good as utorrent.

I never liked Azurias or however you spell it. Stupid blue frog. The offical BitTorrent is quite good for the odd dl.

One Q, is with Transmission on my router (Linux), I can somehow have that open in Windows and have it mirror it - or a webpage. I like UTorrent

 

[MarcLister]

I use uTorrent's latest version but with a few tweaks to stop the advertising and stuff. I still keep the version before it went ad crazy on my PC just in case!

 

[gothic_hobbit]

uTorrent used to be good but it jumped the shark with the adverts.

 

[icedbullet]

Deluge torrent.

+1

 

[OhEsEcks]

BitComet back in the day was as good as utorrent

It never was. It was a dodgy piece of software from the get-go. I remember it being banned from most private trackers for seed skewing.

One Q, is with Transmission on my router (Linux), I can somehow have that open in Windows and have it mirror it - or a webpage.

In Transmission open preferences and select remote tab. Setup a username and password there. Job done. Connect to it with localhost:9091 for localhost or via your ISP designated IP:9091 for remote access in a web browser.

And this is what it looks like in browser....