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Best Windows BT client?

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Best Windows BT client?

 #97403  by Agent 57
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:08 am
So I finally gave up last night - I shook hands with the devil and installed XP. (Of course, if shaking hands with the devil means I can have my graphics drivers installed, wireless card working, printer automatically detected and working, and Flash installed and working - with sound! - within a couple hours of install, then I don't care how burned my hand gets.)

I just have a couple more things to get going before I'm really back up and running, and one of those things is getting back my BitTorrent-y goodness. I used to use BitTornado with Linux, but I checked a comparison of clients and it looks to be kinda bland as far as features go (still, it worked). Does anyone have a recommendation for a good, stable, nifty XP BT client?

 #97404  by Shellie
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:23 am
Azureus ftw

 #97406  by Lox
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:37 am
Yeah, I have Azureus and I like it.

I wish they weren't all Java apps though. Thing takes forever to load.

 #97410  by Nev
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:25 pm
Lox wrote:I wish they weren't all Java apps though. Thing takes forever to load.
Bytecode is the scourge of man!

 #97411  by Zeus
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:30 pm
You need Azureus 2.4 or better due to the encryption (there are a couple of other clients that have the updated encryption, not sure what they are though). It encrypts the transfer so that anyone looking (ie. ISPs or MPAA) can't tell what's being transferred and hides it as normal internet traffic.

I used to use BitLord and BitComet but found that I wouldn't be connecting to nearly as many peers as I should have. I later found out that it's 'cause a lot of them will deny connection to anyone who doesn't have the updated encryption.

So, like you with XP, I was forced to switch. Been getting MUCH better speeds since I did that. Also helps that I found out what the VOIP-dedicated port was by my ISP :-)

 #97419  by Ishamael
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:22 pm
Lox wrote: I wish they weren't all Java apps though.
YOu take that back!
Nev wrote:Bytecode is the scourge of man!
I'm going to kill you.

 #97424  by Lox
 Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:04 pm
Haha, never! :)

 #97491  by Blotus
 Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:49 pm
I just use BitTorrent. Would another program be faster? Because this works fine.

 #97493  by Ishamael
 Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:17 pm
I'm with Lotus. The default Bittorrent client is fine for me.

 #97494  by Ishamael
 Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:18 pm
Lox wrote:Haha, never! :)
You're a .NET slut now, aren't you? Pfft. Don't talk to me...

 #97495  by Lox
 Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:57 pm
Ishamael wrote:
Lox wrote:Haha, never! :)
You're a .NET slut now, aren't you? Pfft. Don't talk to me...
COBOL.NET, baby. ;)

 #97505  by Ishamael
 Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:09 pm
Lox wrote:
Ishamael wrote:
Lox wrote:Haha, never! :)
You're a .NET slut now, aren't you? Pfft. Don't talk to me...
COBOL.NET, baby. ;)
Please tell me you're kidding. :-)
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