Only a decade late.. Luckily qBittorrent is brilliant. And if qBittorrent somehow wasn't an option, I might go with BiglyBT - it's not the easiest on the eyes, but lots of settings.
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There's a migration program to transfer torrents from utorrent to qbittorrent.
https://forum.qbittorrent.org/viewtopic.php?t=3224
I remember using it way back when, and they've kept it updated.
Isn't it as simple as exporting all torrents as .torrent files, importing them in qB, then pointing qB to the same downloads folder?
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I thought people either used the old 2.2.1 version or jumped ship. Had no idea it was still going.
Same, I was under the impression that this was fairly common knowledge, but it's good to have it openly announced by some authority on the matter.
If uTorrent has no haters, I am dead
uTorrent's brand recognition is crazy, it's been crap for years and it still the name people who don't torrrent often recognize.
Nice change, good to steer the novices away from that junk.
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Took long enough. uTorrent has been cancerous for a long time now.
Do people still use transmission? That seems like be the default one I see in prebuilt torrent server containers.
For me the best are:
- Qbittorrent
- Transmission QT
- Ktorrent
- Deluge
Special mention: BiglyBT Fork of Azureus without the shit of Azureus
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There are other options such as qbittorrent or deluge though I would not recommend deluge due to IP leaks and it hasn't been updated since 2022
It's the default included with Ubuntu but they (Ubuntu) haven't updated it to be the latest released version. You have to add their PPA.
I switched over to qbittorrent for better control over what happens after the files download a few years ago.
It's not bad but it's pretty bare. A lot of people like their bells and whistles these days.
Edit: Changed the wording to be less broad for all the "But I..." specials.
Transmission's minimal features is what I like about it.
Does Transmission let you force the use of a specific connection?
For example, qBittorrent lets you choose your VPN as its only allowed connection so that you can't accidentally use your regular network when not connected to the VPN.
I use transmission but I force this behavior in pfsense
Never thought of that. In my use case, Transmission is running in a container on my server, so it only ever has one connection, and VPN and traffic management happens on my router.
Hi! Could you give me some details or a link that describes how to do that? I'd like to harden my install. Thank you! :)
in qBittorrent: Tools > Options > Advanced > Network Interface. That dropdown box should list things like your Wi-Fi connection, Ethernet connection, etc., including an option that sounds like your VPN provider. If you run into troubles, do an Internet search for "qbittorrent network interface" for various articles and guides.
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In the settings panel, the Advanced section has a setting for network interface, with a drop down menu of your available network devices. Your VPN connection should appear as a separate device in the list. If you choose that, it will only send data through that device, so if you're not connected, it has nowhere to send data to.
The github only has a description of the setting, and doesn't really explain it any more than that.
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transmission-cli path-to.torrent 😍
speak for yourself. if it's pretty bare, it just moved to the top of my list
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didn't realize people were still using utorrent. been at least a decade since it was decent
If it keeps newcomers from making mistakes in client choice it looks like a good thing to me?
But is the statement correct? What’s the story behind uTorrent?
Yes. It stopped being good around 2010-2012 depending on who you ask. Unfortunately there are still plenty of old blog posts praising it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent
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The parent company, bittorrent Inc got purchased by a serial crypto scammer Justin Sun at some point.
In March 2022, the SEC charged Rainberry with fraud for selling cryptocurrencies Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) as unregistered securities.
I think the SEC dropped all charges recently because the literal US government got on the payroll of Tether Inc, which basically runs the crypto show. Justin is just one of the appendages to the scheme.
After uTorrent was brought by BitTorrent Inc, they started releasing new shady versions, first added ads then released uTorrent bundle with crypto mining software without user consent
https://torrentfreak.com/new-utorrent-release-breaks-ties-with-bitcoin-miner-150413/
They speedran the enshittification process, so quickly the term wasn't even invented yet.
μTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation), is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client owned and developed by Rainberry, Inc.
That should be enough for any sane person. A proprietary bittorrent client is the worst joke i have heard in a while.
An adware whatever should also be avoided.