Best BT client (was Re: More on torrent clients ( which was Re: Here is Herd5 ))

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
>> I have been using the *best* bt client on ubuntu for some time now.
> 
>     Well, best is a matter of personal preference, no?  Now, functional and
> more than bare bones, that's something we can discuss.  :)
> 

Oh certainly it's a matter of personal preference. I kind of assumed 
that emails from me, written by me, automatically were classed as being 
IMO. Hmmm!

>> The client I use is *uTorrent* and I can safely say that this works 
>> *perfectly* under wine, so I am a very happy camper.
> 
>     Yeah.  I had uTorrent on my machine and just downloaded the latest version
> to give it another go.  About the only thing I don't like is that its screen
> updates flicker.  But that might be because I am running it under Wine and
> displayed through TightVNC.  OTOH Azureus doesn't flicker.
> 
>     Oh, and for the record, uTorrent under WINE is using far less CPU than
> Azureus does and far less RAM.  "Far less" as in Azureus would peg my CPU at a
> load of 1 on just one torrent and take up 300Mb of RAM.  uTorrent is pushing a
> whopping 0.01 load and 10Mb of RAM.
> 

Indeed! That's why it's so cool! Even though it is running through an 
emulation layer (which would take up more system resources) all together 
it's still less than that beast - Azureus


>> Failing that it sounds like you may enjoy Ktorrent, but that's just not 
>> a patch on uTorrent.
> 
>     I looked at KTorrent and for some reason I took a pass on it.  Couldn't
> tell ya why.
> 
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