Good bittorrent client

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-25 08:51pm

Any one know a good bit torrent client?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-09-25 09:19pm

I usually use Azereus. BitTornado and BitComet are other common ones.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-09-25 09:41pm

I second Azureus.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-09-25 09:55pm

I prefer BitTornado myself. Azureus can sometimes be a bit of a pain to get set up initially I hear.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-09-25 10:08pm

BitTornado, under most circumstances, but if I need to grab a single file from within a torrented set, I use Azureus. Azureus is the most fully-featured client, but is a bit on the bloated side. Then again, all I really need under most circumstances is reliable upload throttling, as Comcast severs my connection for five minutes each time I saturate upstream.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-09-25 10:58pm

Azureus. It's simply the more comprehensive BT client out there.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-09-25 11:13pm

I'm partial to Another Bittorrent Client, personally.

http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

Azazel · Post by **Azazel** » 2004-09-25 11:46pm

what is a bittorent client? I am unfamiliar with that term.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-09-26 12:27am

It's a kind of peer to peer program like Kazaa.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-09-26 01:49am

Joe wrote:I'm partial to Another Bittorrent Client, personally.

http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

Ah yes, ABC. Azureus like interface over a BitTornado core. Really should check that out one of these days.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-09-26 02:29am

I've found that Azureus has a bunch of shit I don't need and it bogs down my system a bit more. I definitely prefer it.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-09-26 08:32am

I use Azureus. ABC on occasion.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-26 04:56pm

Downloaded it, now how exactly do I get it to work?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-09-26 05:05pm

Stormbringer wrote:Downloaded it, now how exactly do I get it to work?

once it's downloaded and set up, with most bittorrent clients you just have to click on the .torrent file link provided by the tracker of the website you're going to, such as suprnova.org's tracker. then the client will pop up and start downloading the thing. make sure it's set to upload as well as download, which you can check by fiddling with the settings once it pops up, since most sites like that you maintain a 1:1 ratio on sharing.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-09-26 05:09pm

I just use the standard client. I don't download many things wit BT so it's not much of a problem.