µTorrent from Best BitTorrent Clients
Hundreds of millions of users, long history and reliable system, this one is the King torrent client. Its features include but are not limited to IPv6, peer exchange, protocol encryption, magnet links, complete proxy server support, 67 localized versions, tons of customization, HTTPS tracker support and a lot more.
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uTorrent is probably going to win solely based on brand recognition but, i’d really recommend any other torrent client. uTorrent is adware as well a lot of the time these days. I personally use transmission.
Great article and very helpful! I agree with most of it. The only *real* disappointment I have with it is not including Azureus/Vuze. I know you’re just including the ones people recommended most, and so I’m not criticizing you or anything, Mr. Henry (actually, I follow you; you pwn xP). Nonetheless, I switched from the original BitTorrent client to µTorrent, and then I stumbled upon Vuze (back then, called Azureus), and my interest was instantly piqued, partly due to its use of Java (my favorite OOP language and third all-time programming language in general), which I had just started using again at the time after a brief “break” from it while I studied OpenGL and brushed up on x86 Assembly. I still think–and always will–that EVERY serious or professional programmer and software engineer should know at least one variety of Assembly, if not more, and possibly a little machine language, no matter how “good” technology gets. Sorry for the TL;DR tangent (it’s a bad habit lol >.<). Anyway, ever since then, Vuze has been my favorite BitTorrent client, and since Leap was released, I don’t even use Deluge or qBitTorrent any longer. I used to when I first started using Vuze when I just wanted a “quick and dirty” client or as a portable solution on a different system. Vuze not only is written in Java and thus very portable, but it’s also stable, efficient and (IMHO) the most feature-packed client you’ll ever find. My fellow geeks, hackers and power users will understand my excitement, as we *thrive* on tedium and tweaking every, little thing we can haha! So, in summation, if you want quick and dirty transfers, go ahead and use one of the clients listed here. They are mostly adequate, IMO. But if you’re a real geek or hacker and don’t have a S ... L ... O ... W box, do yourself a favor and at *least* check out Vuze. =) Thanks for the article, Mr. Henry!
Do people actually refer to uTorrent as micro-torrent or as 'u'-torrent? I use it on my windows PC which does most downloading, but on my everyday mac its transmission all the way.
I call it uTorrent when I'm talking with people who shouldn't be using it and "Mu-Torrent" with those who should. ;)