UbuntuHelp:BitTorrent
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BitTorrent is method of downloading files. It breaks the download into small packets, allowing downloading from multiple people. It also syncs uploads and downloads, so that everybody shares the burden. Bittorrent is considered a Peer-to-Peer(P2P) application. To see other P2P applications, see UbuntuHelp:P2PHowTo. Ubuntu includes a graphical bittorrent client already installed.
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Using BitTorrent
To start a torrent, click on it. The software will then ask you where you want to save the file.
You can also save the .torrent link to a folder. Double-clicking on the .torrent will then open the bittorrent client. This allows you to restart the torrent if you need to shut down your machine.
Other Clients
Other bittorrent clients are available, with varying features.
BitTornado
Bit``Tornado is a very fast Python based BitTorrent client. The standalone non-GUI package is available in the Officially supported Networking section and the GUI package is available in the Networking (Universe) section.
Official BitTorrent client
BitTorrent is the original and official (developed by Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent protocol) BitTorrent client. It is a no-frills software. The base package (non-GUI) is installed by default in Ubuntu and the GUI package has to be installed from the Universe repository.
- Official BitTorrent - Official BitTorrent Home Page
Azureus - Java-based client
Azureus is a Java-based bittorrent client with a lot of features. To install Azureus, see UbuntuHelp:AzureusHowTo.
µTorrent
µTorrent is one of the popular torrent clients. utorrent uses minimal resources compared to most other torrent clients. utorrent works well under UbuntuHelp:Wine
Rufus
Rufus has an interface very similar to Azureus but is written in Python so comes without the bloat and no Java dependencies. Although no package exists in the Ubuntu repositories yet, you can download the Rufus .deb package from this link and
- install with "dpkg -i packagename", this package works with Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger), Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) and Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft).
- Or you can install it with Gdebi (Gdebi is installed by default for Ubuntu 6.06 and up) by right-clicking the package in Nautilus
- Or you can install it from source : Official Rufus Web Site
KTorrent - Torrent client for KDE
UbuntuHelp:KTorrent is a KDE bittorrent client. It has many features, including the ability to preview multimedia files and minimize to the notification area.
Opera
The Opera browser has built in support for Bit Torrent files.
rtorrent
A torrent client written i C and with a ncursur interface for minimal bloat.
