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Best Torrent Client

After having used both Transmission and uTorrent, I find that I prefer Transmission for its simplistic GUI and extensive feature set. To address some of the previous comments, Transmission takes a while to fully quit because it downloads the remaining packets before closing completely. This usually takes anywhere from 5-15 seconds, but it does not freeze or hang, strictly speaking.

To be honest, though, it really comes down to personal preference between the two. In terms of performance, they're nearly identical, and both possess an extensive feature set. I'm sure you'll be satisfied with either of them.

Enjoy downloading illegal content! I know I will!
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
The two applications basically have the same features, but they are just organized very differently. I often hear "uTorrent does this, but Transmission doesn't" or "Transmission does these things (a), (b), and (c) that uTorrent can't" Nine times out of ten both statements are wrong. In fact I haven't found a feature the two don't share.

I doubt that very much. That's not really how torrents work.
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as for the download speeds, it is possible that uTorrent's downloads are happening faster due to some changes they made this year, although i don't know how much affect that they've had:

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-open-sources-improved-bittorrent-protocol-100524/

http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-accused-of-unfairness-banned-by-trackers-100314/
 
I used uTorrent for a long time and just a few months ago switched to Transmission. Now, I prefer Transmission. Both work just fine though. Never had a problem with Transmission hanging up on close, ever.
 
Transmission is the best for mac... The reason why it used to hang was because its writing to disk the full size of the incomplete torrents (if you have istat you'll notice this)...you just have to wait it out...since version 2.00 this slight problem has kinda been solved and now the app closes much quicker...
 
i used to use transmission but got really pissed that it would hang when quitting. switched to utorrent and havent looked back.
 
ruinfx said:
i used to use transmission but got really pissed that it would hang when quitting. switched to utorrent and havent looked back.
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That wasn't it hanging (finally figured out what people were bitching about) that's transmission writing the last blocks it downloaded and caching what parts of the files have been downloaded. It's really smart and helps it start downloading faster when it's launched again.
 
Vuze was perfect for me, but now it's got odd redraw issues. I still stand by it since it's very customisable. Plus it has stats :)
 
sammich said:
Vuze was perfect for me, but now it's got odd redraw issues. I still stand by it since it's very customisable. Plus it has stats :)
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Vuze is pretty good, because of it's search integration. I have just found it too resource hungry and buggy, so I prefer lighter clients and good old search engines.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
That wasn't it hanging (finally figured out what people were bitching about) that's transmission writing the last blocks it downloaded and caching what parts of the files have been downloaded. It's really smart and helps it start downloading faster when it's launched again.
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I'll give a +1 to that. I wondered about it too and yes, it does take a bit to shut down sometimes but it really is doing what is in your best interests for when you restart.
 
uTorrent has been the best for me, BY FAR. VUZE is resource hungry, transmission is ok, but uTorrent has come a LONG way in the last year.
 
Transmission takes the gold medal from me. It does everything I need and more. Although the (comparatively) lacking feature-set of uTorrent causes no problem for me, I'm just not happy with the GUI. Never had a problem with Transmission.
 
DoFoT9 said:
you are not allowed to talk about torrenting on this website. please direct your questions to another site - or search google.
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Coooooooooool...no one cares.

I have used Vuze and Transmission but they take forever to download anything for me, so I stick with LimeWire for almost everything.
 
I always try to get rid of Vuze because it's heavy and it's Java, but I tried the same torrents and my download speed and numbers of seeders connected is always better on Vuze than any other. Like, 600kb/sec (my maximum due to my connection is like 700) and 300 on Transmission.

I still keep Transmission for the smaller things tho unless I'm in a hurry :p
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
That wasn't it hanging (finally figured out what people were bitching about) that's transmission writing the last blocks it downloaded and caching what parts of the files have been downloaded. It's really smart and helps it start downloading faster when it's launched again.
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This has to be the most informative post in the thread. Thank you.
 
Vuze is my favorite torrent client of the ones I've tried. It's fast and very full featured. It has integrated torrent search, you can add additional trackers, it lets you prioritize individual files for downloading within a single multi-file torrent, you can set individual up and down speed setting for each individual torrent, etc. etc. It really does everything, and does it well.

(caveat: on some particular computer setups it works slowly, but on most computer setups it works very quickly.)
 
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