Don’t use uTorrent. It’s a scam.
This has been the case for at least like 15 years. Baffles me that people still don’t get the memo
Holy shit. Utorrent is still around??
Linux+Transmission master race represent
I either use Transmission or FDM
And qBt is AI slop.
Hell naw.
Huh?
uTorrent has been compromised for years. I like Transmission for its simplicity.
100%. I stopped using them a very long time ago after they changed their UI to what it is now. I realized then it was compromised because the UI no longer served a useful purpose and instead prioritized visuals and engagement.
Yeah nearly 20 years I think. It’s not open either. If you can’t figure this out god help you rawdogging the internet with torrents.
You can also run qBittorrent in a docker container behind an always on VPN. Very nice for those with a little arr in their lives. 🏴☠️
For maximum privacy, I have qBittorrent on an air gapped system. Good luck catching me FBI!
/s
1000% this. Get on a private tracker and setup your glutun/qbit docker container and you never have to worry about your ratios or bring had by the feds. It’s so nice. My jellyfin setup with Seerr gets a lot of traffic from my whole family. All of it is running on second hand hardware from office e-waste auctions that I’ve spent maybe $250 on over the last 4-5 years. Way cheaper than paying for all the subscription streamers. And I got to learn a fuckload of cool stuff I never would have otherwise.
Yes qbittorrent and gluetun in a docker container is very handy.
This was the setup I had recently, but recent versions of gluetun just couldn’t maintain a connection. I tried with three different VPN providers and they all dropped connection within 12 hours.
It took me a while to figure out gluetun. Once it’s all setup and configured correctly, it’s great !
I’ve been using a split tunnel to make sure qbit stays behind the VPN, but I like this idea too, feels like there’s some redundancy.
I actually run two instances of gluetun running two VPN seats configured for two different countries and a script that speed tests both every hour and switches what network is piped into qbit based on how fast the speed test was with some logic for if I am uploading more or downloading more on the client. Quite proud of it tbh.
It’s stacked, even.
It’s been malware for at least a decade, I think. It was good when it was first released but quickly went downhill.
I’ve seen much more people using Transmission on Linux compared to other torrent software, is there a specific reason why Linux users gravitate towards it?
It’s simple and bundled with some distros by default.
Bundling with distros explains a lot. I’ve been a Deluge user even before I moved to Linux but a new user’s much more likely to stick with the first torrent tool that works; which in this case is Transmission that comes by default.
It’s very minimalistic and lightweight compared to QBitTorrent.
However, if you prefer extensibility or if you like the uTorrent UI, then QBitTorrent would be better.
We had stopped using qbittorrent on Linux because we couldn’t figure out how to get it to stop leaking our IPV6. At the time, it was a few versions behind the windows build too, so it seemed as if it was Windows first, this pushing is towards another client, which ended up being Transmission.
Not that it matters because you are using transmission now but if you are in preferences under advanced there is an option for network interface. If you choose your VPN connection there from the drop down the app won’t connect outside of using that interface. So if the VPN goes down or hasn’t been connected or what not… the app should just read it as no internet connection.
Well packaged by the distros? Transmission works out if the box on my Debian systems.
For me the same as for others: It was the first option when searching for “bittorrent”, it works, it is easy to use, it does not hog a huge amount of resources, it has good features.
Haven’t really bothered looking into other torrent software after originally starting using Transmission something like over a decade ago.
What about Deluge?
Deluge is awesome but it uses more resources than other alternatives. As another poster mentioned it also struggles with torrents with many files.
It’s a good client unless you’re into archiving giant torrents with thousands of files. Deluge can’t handle them, actually most clients can’t.
qBittorrent and BiglyBT can and that’s about it.
Don’t forget about rTorrent.
How y’all feel about Tixati? I like it and think it’s great
The fact that it’s proprietary is a deal breaker for me.
Proprietary software for torrents?
Sorry I didn’t know, it has bad aspects that are proven? I’ll change if so
What about tixati ?
I didn’t think uTorrent was still around.
We had problems with qbittorrent on Linux where it was leaking our IPV6 addresses, we ended up switching to Transmission instead. At the time, it also seemed that qbittorrent is Windows first and that there wasn’t feature parity. Has that changed?
I’ve been using oldversion.com to download the last version of uTorrent before it got enshitified.
Haven’t checked lately if the website itself is still reliable, but it used to be.
uTorrent has been malware for over 10 years. I would not recommend using such out of date software when good trusted modern open source software exists.
Is that a good way to run unpatched software?
Yes, it is. Use at your own caution lol
