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[T100]

I was on Bit Torrent about two and a half years ago and the first client I used was the official one. The official client turned out to be a great disappointment. The allocation of disk space is not good and it takes me a long time to kick off before I really get anything on my disk. I have tried several bit torrent clients with the python core, including ABC and burst, which are all based on shadow experiment core. They took a huge amount of resources, though and my super old computer would simply hang with more than sixty connections. Their allocation of memory is not satisfactory either. Then I though, it the inefficient language, python, must be the culprit here. Then I turned to clients whose core are written in other language. There are a few alternatives, Aruzeus, a very famous one is based on Java, BitComet is based on C plus plus and libtorrent also comes with a default client in C plus plus. BitComet pleased me. You can connect to virtually any number of peers you would like to and the core is not so hungry with CPU resources. The bad thing about it is of course that it is not open source, and God knows what the author has put into this piece of software. However, it is the only client that you can use to connect more than 500 peers with download rate of more than 1500KB per second. I run this piece of software on a very old Pentium 2 400MHz machine and there is no lagging or hanging even at this load. So it remains unrivaled as my favorite bit torrent client.

For exeem, the new coming p2p software, I think it is not very stable at the moment. Some users also complained that some nodes cannot be connected. Wikpedia has come up with the following criticisms.

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Criticisms of eXeem arose soon after it debuted (and after sloncek's 'unveiling'). These include:

eXeem's for-profit operating model, including support through advertising (much akin to Kazaa) and a public beta that included the adware program Cydoor. A spyware-free version, eXeem Lite was subsequently released, and eXeem has since dropped Cydoor from version 0.21 onward.

Closed source code development, in contrast with the open source model followed by the BitTorrent specification, which eXeem aspires to replace.

No initial Linux or Mac versions, with no ability of third parties to port the code beyond Windows (as eXeem is closed source).

Point 3 is not fair but I think points 1 and 2 are quite justified and valid.

[jjhou]

I use bittornado cuz its the most fastest and easy to use one out there. Ive used the orignal one and ABC but i got sick of them cuz i dunno why the speeds would be slow on it. Bittorando is good overall but sumtimes when i close it it freezes and it still runs in the backround which pisses me off but its still good .

[kummy]

azureus is too complicated but it give me a lot of information. mmm.. i like the simple one like BitComet... really..really simple.. so it's user friendly...

[Hellmonkeys]

I voted for Azureus, because that is my personal favorite. It is extremely easy to use and manage multiple torrents. Also, I have never had any problems with it at all. The only problem is that it is based on Java, which is pretty crappy, but it is implemented very well. The advantage of Java, though, is that it can be compatible with many systems, which is of course a plus. But, it is an extremely good client, and I suggest everyone at least try it .

[tonic]

I use BitComet because it is one of the balanced BT client I've ever: doesnt require alot of memory, fast dl/ul, file selection before download, doesnt minimize to tray and loads of configurations (yet not confusing like azureus)

[Erika]

Another BitTornado user here. I must admit, I really don't know much about these things. My computer is so damn slow, I try to download episodes of television shows, and it takes like one week, if it works at all. But it's fun anyways.

[Styx]

I use Bitlord. no special reason why i chose it. it just happened to be the first one i saw when looking for a torrent program. i have to say i'm pretty happy with it. never had any problems with it using up cpu, or freezing. fast downloads if u have a good line, and of course, that there are enough seeders available. it's a bandwidth hog though, so i either have to run it at night or either when no one else is using the computers, as we have a shared connection and like 6 computers all hooked up to a 256k DSL.

[U GON PIE]

Oops,i started another thread like this not realizing there was one already......but anyway....ive been using Azureus and DL torrents from filelist.org..............but as im sure u all know,Azureus uses Java,and other's dont....so i guess the ones that dont use java would be the best bet......less juice being used that way

[Aevum Decessus]

Styx, on Mar 31 2005, 02:41 AM, said:

I use Bitlord. no special reason why i chose it. it just happened to be the first one i saw when looking for a torrent program. i have to say i'm pretty happy with it. never had any problems with it using up cpu, or freezing. fast downloads if u have a good line, and of course, that there are enough seeders available. it's a bandwidth hog though, so i either have to run it at night or either when no one else is using the computers, as we have a shared connection and like 6 computers all hooked up to a 256k DSL.

I know the feeling, I'm using Bitlord as well, as my friend recommended it to me. I'm also on a 256k DSL line, shared with 2 dektops, and 2 laptops. so bandwidth is an annoying problem sometimes. Overall, I like the performance in it, but i really dislike the inability to change the default search page I would have to give it a 7/10

[baffo]

I have Azureus, but I think I'll try ABC. I saw that my friend uses it and I had some problems with Azureus so I'll give it a try.

[eXtreme]

I use Azureus, it's a very nice bittorrent program.

Does it job, and does it well, basic and advanced features are all there, and is easy to do..

The only thing i don't understand is why it needs java to work??

[crapoartworks]

Bit cilents? You mean p2p cilents. Kazaa and Limewire is what I use for file sharing.

[steven]

I use BitLord, it's really fast program. And for the torrents, I search them at isohunt.com However, Bitlord is actually an adult program, and it has an adult link to xxx chat. So, it's not really good for immature people.

It doesn't cause any spywares to be installed or any computer hang ups.

[chiclete]

I like the way Azureus was built... using a "all-systems base" language but for me it doesn't works as good as BitTornado... I don't know if it happens to everyone or if it was a bad version of azureus (old version) but when I installed it I couldn't use all of my connection on torrents... So I kept using my bitornado which is simple but works really fine!

[believer]

been using bitcomet for some time now and so far so good, I have downloaded lots of tv shows and they are great, I honestly have not tried other type so I can't give a comparison, It gives me what I need so I guess I just need to stick to it.

[lava.alt]

since i discovered the torrents my life was beatiful ... i started using the bittornado ... the problem that i found to it it that i have to open a new instance of the program if want to have another torrent downloading ... problem ... 1 download - 1 instance running ... messy right ??? ... they i used a java-based client called Azureus ... it was great and have a lot of cool new features but i dont know how that program distribute the bandwith that my download band was to used in its 100% and all the upload rate is not 100% cofigurable ... for example ... if you put a download rate in the cofiguration it automatically calculates the upload rate for you even if you dont have it ... for example i have ADSL ... the A is of asymmetric .. does if sounds familiar ... right ... i donwload to 512 kbps and my upload rate is 128 kbps ... so if i want to download to 512 kbps that program put my upload rate automatically to 256 kbps of 320 kbps i dont remember ... but if i have an upload of 128 then all my internet service get messy ... i can work with internet explorer because the uploas bandwith was always satured ... etc etc ...
finally and the best ... BitComet .. great program ... and have an upload rate configurable ... so that you can mange you bandwith as you want ... i recomend this a lot ... try it ... ill not describe it as the other so that you can try it ... remember ** * BitComet * **

[ĐeadHunter]

The best Bit Torrent Client. AZUREUS

INFO :

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Azureus is a easy-to-use Java BitTorrent client, with support for 27 languages. Azureus connects to the BitTorrent network. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed. With BitTorrent, users upload at the same time they download, so network bandwidth is managed as efficiently as possible. BitTorrent is designed to work better than other file-transfer protocols as the number of people interested in a certain file increases.

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[mendezgarcia]

the first clients I used were Shareaza (because I used it for Gnutella and Gnutella2) and the original one (the first time I used a BT client), but I didn't like it - my computer used to crash when I used it;

I am using now Azureus because it got a nice interface and allow you to choose which files you want to download or not - which I use very oftenly

[Kitiara]

I use BitComet.. It's the only bittorrent i've tried apart from the original one.. I love the fact that you can choose what files you want to dl from selected torrent.. most likely other "clients" have that too but i'm generally really satisfied with this and i've used this for quite a long time.. Works just fine for me.. maybe a bit slowly sometimes but that's probably 'cos of my bad connection and not the torrent client

[gaea]

As the votes are clearly showing, Azuerues is deffinatly the best client. For starters it is written in java...which means it is complatible with most operating systems. Add the giant database of mods (to do basicly neigh anything you could possibly want); the extensive interface (allowing you to tweak practically everything); and the wonderful functionality and...well...it's pretty much perfect.

Oh, who voted for the origonal bittorrent client? Hah. The guy made a wonderful protocol, but his client was ssssooooo bad.

[DejanMarolt]

I use uTorrent, becuse its small. I have only 256 MB of RAM, so uTorrent its best for my computer.

[Arigato]

I use azureus. I've tried bitcomet and bittornado before and of the clients I have used I think azureus is the better. It has alot of features, a clean user interface and it's a powerful tool. The program also has a ton of plugins so that you could add more feature that you want.

[Find3r]

i use bitcomet, it works fine for me! =P

its fast, cool design and free.

[TiKiRoKhaN]

Hey guys, for some reason i cant fast reply.

Ok to the point...

I use www.utorrent.com its very fast and has all the features of azureus, it uses BARELY any cpu unlike azureus that memory leaks like crz.

+ http://www.thepiratebay.org/ (Biggest torrent site around)

+ http://www.mininova.org/ (less likely to get spyware/virus's)

+ http://www.torrentz.com/ (Its like google, but for torrents)

+ http://torrentportal.com/ (I've been here a few times, i dont know much about it.)

[master2004134]

To add to the list of torrent sites:

http://www.torrentportal.com
http://www.torrentreactor.net
http://www.bitenova.com
http://www.filesoup.com (NOTE: Forum Registration Required)

These are all good sites as well, but torrentz.com is the best one!

BTW, if you perfer googling your torrents, use this in your search:

filetype:torrent your-search
It usually works