My initial reaction was similar. However, in transmissions favor Memory usage (quick test) Deluge at 23 Mb Transmission at 7 Mb The interface also seems more transitional from the previous integrated client. I think one of the big factors is that deluge has a wizard to get you setup while transmission just works. You also can't argue with file size: Transmission: About 1 Mb Deluge: About 13 Mb Don't get me wrong I think Deluge is a better (more powerful, more extendable) bittorrent client, and most likely better tested as well. However, transmission is going to be easier for first time torrent users, and that's what I think matters for the default Ubuntu CD. -Bryan <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 5, 2008 8:20 PM, Vadim Peretokin <<a href="mailto:vperetokin@gmail.com">vperetokin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Deluge is more popular, checking with the sample given from <a href="http://popcon.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">popcon.ubuntu.com</a>. If I remember right, Transmission was chosen over Deluge because the devs thought both had similar features, but Deluge had an option to password-protect the tray in some tab under preferences, which someone didn't like. So.. (I tested Transmission myself later; the client promptly froze for me. At first Compiz was blamed, but after I repeated the same with Metacity, the thread got really quiet)<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 5, 2008 7:37 PM, Remco <<a href="mailto:remco47@gmail.com" target="_blank">remco47@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello, I'm new here, I would like to comment on the decision to make Transmission the default bittorrent client in Hardy. Why was this program chosen? It seems to me (though, as a fan, I'm biased) that Deluge is more popular and more familiar (looks like µTorrent & Azureus). Transmission has a bit of a clunky interface by opening another window for torrent-details. This didn't work for GIMP, and it doesn't work for Transmission either. Deluge supports some features many users need like DHT and blocklists. Plus, it has this plugin-system going for them, kind of like Firefox. Add to that the fact that you can run it on Windows, so you can also include it in the Windows autostart-menu of the cd. What are your thoughts? I hope I didn't jump into this mailing-list too loudly... :) Cheers, Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div> </div></div> -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div>