http://winextra.disqus.com/Satisfying Your Inner NerdenSun, 06 Jan 2008 21:48:44 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528115<p>I don't know if it's the torrent for mandriva linux, or the client, but good god, is it fast! I used BitLord to d/l some other linux distros (never used a BT client before, i was wondering what the fuss was about. But this, now this is worth fussing over!</p>JoeMontanaSun, 06 Jan 2008 21:48:44 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528127<p>I don't know if it's the torrent for mandriva linux, or the client, but good god, is it fast! I used BitLord to d/l some other linux distros (never used a BT client before, i was wondering what the fuss was about. But this, now this is worth fussing over!</p>joemontanaSun, 06 Jan 2008 20:48:44 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528116<p>I've used a number of torrent clients and find µTorrent to be the best. Prior to it I used Azureus for 2 years, but it had 2 distinct problems: 1) memory usage would creep up slowly over time, often hitting 200mb, and 2) pausing a torrent and restarting seemed to lose connection to most of the seeds (it would sometimes take hours to resume a connection at the same speeds). I pored over the settings but couldn't find anything to resolve it.<br><br>µTorrent has neither of these problems - on a few occasions its memory usage will hit 20mb, but it usually stays at 10mb or below, and pausing and restarting a torrent seems to have no effect on the connections. I haven't tried the RSS feature, but I have used the web interface, which works great once any firewall permissions are resolved. It was cool to be in one location and to load a torrent at home.</p>echoleafSun, 06 Jan 2008 12:02:45 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528118<p>I've used a number of torrent clients and find µTorrent to be the best. Prior to it I used Azureus for 2 years, but it had 2 distinct problems: 1) memory usage would creep up slowly over time, often hitting 200mb, and 2) pausing a torrent and restarting seemed to lose connection to most of the seeds (it would sometimes take hours to resume a connection at the same speeds). I pored over the settings but couldn't find anything to resolve it.<br><br>µTorrent has neither of these problems - on a few occasions its memory usage will hit 20mb, but it usually stays at 10mb or below, and pausing and restarting a torrent seems to have no effect on the connections. I haven't tried the RSS feature, but I have used the web interface, which works great once any firewall permissions are resolved. It was cool to be in one location and to load a torrent at home.</p>echoleafSun, 06 Jan 2008 12:02:38 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528123<p>I've used a number of torrent clients and find µTorrent to be the best. Prior to it I used Azureus for 2 years, but it had 2 distinct problems: 1) memory usage would creep up slowly over time, often hitting 200mb, and 2) pausing a torrent and restarting seemed to lose connection to most of the seeds (it would sometimes take hours to resume a connection at the same speeds). I pored over the settings but couldn't find anything to resolve it.<br><br>µTorrent has neither of these problems - on a few occasions its memory usage will hit 20mb, but it usually stays at 10mb or below, and pausing and restarting a torrent seems to have no effect on the connections. I haven't tried the RSS feature, but I have used the web interface, which works great once any firewall permissions are resolved. It was cool to be in one location and to load a torrent at home.</p>echoleafSun, 06 Jan 2008 11:02:45 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528122<p>I've used a number of torrent clients and find µTorrent to be the best. Prior to it I used Azureus for 2 years, but it had 2 distinct problems: 1) memory usage would creep up slowly over time, often hitting 200mb, and 2) pausing a torrent and restarting seemed to lose connection to most of the seeds (it would sometimes take hours to resume a connection at the same speeds). I pored over the settings but couldn't find anything to resolve it.<br><br>µTorrent has neither of these problems - on a few occasions its memory usage will hit 20mb, but it usually stays at 10mb or below, and pausing and restarting a torrent seems to have no effect on the connections. I haven't tried the RSS feature, but I have used the web interface, which works great once any firewall permissions are resolved. It was cool to be in one location and to load a torrent at home.</p>echoleafSun, 06 Jan 2008 11:02:38 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528114<p>Thanks for the heads-up on the search box, don't know how I missed it:) I've kept playing with it since posting the article, and I've run across a couple more handy little things. This is looking to me like the cream of the crop, Azureus is still to come, but I'm hearing some nightmare stories about its resource usage. With as many things as I run at one time, that will be a killer.</p>BillVSun, 06 Jan 2008 02:24:25 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528113<p>On my version of 1.7.5, there is a search bar in the top right hand corner, with a magnifying glass next to it. If you click just below the magnifying glass there is a drop down menu of torrent search engines that you may like to use.<br><br>Another cool feature of this client is that you can set it to autoload a bunch of torrents from a certain directory on start up, and have it shift completed torrents to another directory, for, errr completed torrents I assume. I don't use the autoload feature myself, but i still think its pretty cool.<br><br>Another thing I like is the ratio column which indicates how well you have been sharing the torrent with others, if you don't happen to sit and watch it all the time.</p>pBSun, 06 Jan 2008 01:54:40 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528121<p>Thanks for the heads-up on the search box, don't know how I missed it:) I've kept playing with it since posting the article, and I've run across a couple more handy little things. This is looking to me like the cream of the crop, Azureus is still to come, but I'm hearing some nightmare stories about its resource usage. With as many things as I run at one time, that will be a killer.</p>BillVSun, 06 Jan 2008 01:24:25 -0000http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/software-review-bittorrent-clients-utorrent/#comment-83528119<p>On my version of 1.7.5, there is a search bar in the top right hand corner, with a magnifying glass next to it. If you click just below the magnifying glass there is a drop down menu of torrent search engines that you may like to use.<br><br>Another cool feature of this client is that you can set it to autoload a bunch of torrents from a certain directory on start up, and have it shift completed torrents to another directory, for, errr completed torrents I assume. I don't use the autoload feature myself, but i still think its pretty cool.<br><br>Another thing I like is the ratio column which indicates how well you have been sharing the torrent with others, if you don't happen to sit and watch it all the time.</p>pBSun, 06 Jan 2008 00:54:40 -0000