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    µTorrent on Linux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by knightingmagic, May 11, 2008.

  1. knightingmagic

    knightingmagic Notebook Deity

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    I can't seem to find any download links for a µTorrent installer that works in Ubuntu 8. Does anyone where I can get one?
     
    knightingmagic, May 11, 2008
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  2. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    You need to install Wine in order to run µTorrent in Linux.
    It works perfect for me.
     
    Baserk, May 11, 2008
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  3. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    never used utorrent, but i really like ktorrent. Maybe take a look at that (its in add/remove programs)
     
    Fittersman, May 11, 2008
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  4. Thomas

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    uTorrent is Windows only, however, you may like Transmission or Deluge, both are pretty solid torrent programs.
    I had font problems(unreadable) when I used uTorrent under Wine.
     
    Thomas, May 11, 2008
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  5. Thomas

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    How would I not do that? You have to install Wine for any windows program to install or work.
     
    Thomas, May 11, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    uTorrent doesn't always work under WINE. The interface is sometimes rendered entirely black, and the shortcut provided on the desktop rarely works. Granted, these aren't deal-breakers, but why deal with it when you can use other torrent clients that are similar, like Deluge?
     
    Bog, May 11, 2008
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    I recommend Deluge over kTorrent and Transmission, it's much more like uTorrent but native for Linux.
     
    Gintoki, May 11, 2008
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  8. Thomas

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    However, Transmission is solid, it's clean, and works, so, your choice.
     
    Thomas, May 11, 2008
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  9. Gintoki

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    You'll find that Deluge is better than transmission for a heavy torrenter because of its feature set and speed. It's also better to have for normal torrenters as it makes things go by faster and easier.
     
    Gintoki, May 11, 2008
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  10. szandor

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    screen + bittorrent-curses or any cli bittorrent would be my choice. i do most of my torrenting remotely and being able to ssh from a pc or my phone is pretty convenient.
     
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  11. Tailic

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    Does any of the native torrents for Linux have encryption? Thats one feature of uTorrent is pretty much a must have.

    Damn ISPs and their trigger happy bandwidth throttling :mad:
     
    Tailic, May 11, 2008
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  12. Bog

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    Yeah, they do have encryption.
     
    Bog, May 12, 2008
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  13. theZoid

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    launch the utorrent .exe and wine will install it lickity split no hassles....but, it's not the same, doesn't look all that great....Ktorrent is great, just like it (or better), if you use KDE....Transmission is GTK, but I like Ktorrent better IMHO.
     
    theZoid, May 12, 2008
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  14. Thomas

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    Ktorrents pretty good ;)
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  15. Icewalker

    Icewalker Notebook Consultant

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    Seriously, I can't imagine why you need to go through all the WINE + uTorrent hassle when you got tons of native Linux apps like Deluge :)

    Personally, I use Deluge heavily and it works fine. Transmission is also good, but has less features/has a more simplistic interface. Haven't tried Ktorrent, my desktop is GTK-based.
     
    Icewalker, May 13, 2008
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  16. Thomas

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    I know transmissions really good on the Mac.....
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  17. D-EJ915

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    hmm, I've never had any problems with it

    and you can change the wine preferences, theme, etc. with winecfg
     
    D-EJ915, May 14, 2008
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