Posted on Friday 16 September 2005 - Popularity: 5%
I just wasn’t happy anymore with the official BitTorrent client, so I had a look at some alternatives today. What I was searching was a client that works more efficient, one where you’re still able to surf the web without to many slowdowns and one that didn’t suck CPU cycles like there’s no tomorrow while still being able to reach high download rates. What I found was a client with the name Transmission. While Transmission is still early in development (v. 0.1), it beats the official client with ease. I’ve only tested the app for a few hours, but from what I’ve seen, it’s definitely much better than the official client.
Btw, if you’re interested to know how BitTorrent works, have a look at this Howstuffworks article.
Fredi
September 16th, 2005 at 2:50 pm
I recommend Azareus and Shareaza
September 16th, 2005 at 3:20 pm
Shareaza isn’t available for OS X. Azareus is a great client, but not as CPU/bandwidth friendly as Transmission from my experience. However, if you need the features of Azareus, than Transmission will of course not be an option.
Fredi
January 11th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Whats the latest on the world of Bit torrent and P2P? Are they still banning copyrighted movies?