what is a good BT client these days?

John_Doe

I've just got my connection upgraded and thought I'd check out how BT and the Mule will run at the same time.

I remember ABC and liking it, is that still good?

George Tatum · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:35 am **Post subject:**

Bit Torrent Search

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:00 pm **Post subject:**

I personally like Azureus, earlier releases were real buggy for me, but the newest version has crashed just once for me so far.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:27 pm **Post subject:**

Quote:

Bit Torrent Search

ok trying out this one first.

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:35 pm **Post subject:**

Forgot to say, with Azureus you will need the java runtimes too if you don't have them already, about a 15 meg download. It is fairly resource hungry, altho the newest version, 2.0.8.4 I think, is less greedy than previous incarnations.

I like it cos it seems to find so many more sources and downs at a higher speed than other clients I have tried.

One other that I can say is pretty good, and stable, is the Shadows client.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:45 pm **Post subject:**

anybody used the ABC client btw? any comments on that?

Kemlo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:27 pm **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

anybody used the ABC client btw? any comments on that?

I've only used ABC and Shadows experimental client so my opinion may not be of much use, however I really like ABC. It is a small program that does what it is mean to without any bells or whistles. It uses few resources and has never given me any problems

/Kemlo

Bassline · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:38 pm **Post subject:**

i use shadows experimental and have never had any issues with it....pretty good BT app IMO

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:49 pm **Post subject:**

I concur mr B, shadows client was the first mod of BT I used, and I was impressed.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:13 pm **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

anybody used the ABC client btw? any comments on that?

ABC is the best out of all the ones I've tried, and you might have guessed I've tried most of the ones out there

@TaC and Bass, you are aware that ABC uses shadow client and tweaks it for better performance as the core right?

Bassline · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:25 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

@TaC and Bass, you are aware that ABC uses shadow client and tweaks it for better performance as the core right?

nope

but since i rarely use BT (maybe once a fortnight) i am not up to speed on there clients really...but will take a look-see at the ABC client for my next d/l

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:42 pm **Post subject:**

Bassline wrote:

spudthedestroyer wrote:

@TaC and Bass, you are aware that ABC uses shadow client and tweaks it for better performance as the core right?

nope

but since i rarely use BT (maybe once a fortnight) i am not up to speed on there clients really...but will take a look-see at the ABC client for my next d/l

might not be for you then, its basically a gui for many torrents. If you only download the odd file, there's no need for a container program really

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:47 pm **Post subject:**

I liked ABC, but after a while it was "just another" torrent client, same as Shodow client. I have not yet found a client that is as fast as Azureus, could be just fluke I dunno yet.

Jynks · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:19 am **Post subject:**

What are some good torrent sites?

I remeber John Doe talking about a place called Crazy somthing recently?

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:31 am **Post subject:**

http://crazymazey.kicks-ass.org/forum/

Jynks · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:36 am **Post subject:**

thanks Spud... do you have any other torrent sites that I might want to take a look at?

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:47 am **Post subject:**

check the FAQ sticky topic
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=4

wargand · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:56 am **Post subject:**

Good BT clients? No, I don't say mldonkey this time. It has some issues with upload. I still use it, but with very large torrents (1 - 6 GB) and when I want to fullfil the 1:1 share ratio I prefer the python client. Started in a screen session, detached and forgotten till the download in completed. I used Azureus only once when I wanted to dl only two files from a large pack. Usually I would not want to use a client which needs graphical output and cannot be sent to the background.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:48 am **Post subject:**

give bitcomet a whirl too

Very fast, multi-tracker downloads, etc. lots of snizzel and low cpu usage since its now in C++

wargand · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:54 am **Post subject:**

bitcomet? Windoze only: Yuck.

what is a good BT client these days?

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