Ooh, sounds promising. Dunno if I'm going to uninstall uTorrent, but not having to use PG2 sounds great. That thing just loves to crash on me...If I were running linux or mac, this'd be DL'ed in a heartbeat. I'll keep it in mind

tehblacksheep234

Deluge offers four levels of encryption, but where it shines over uTorrent is for its ability to change ul/dl speed slightly so as to compensate for throttled bt connections that some ISP (Comcast, admittedly, and others less openly) put on bittorrent protocols.

Buzcatcher-Bis

I'm using Deluge, and I love it. Probably not worth switching if you're already using uTorrent, but for us Linux users and the Mac users looking in, it's a great substitute.

Plus, it does have a built-in blacklist plugin, which can replace PeerGuardian if you so choose (though it's rather barebones right now).

HeartBurnKid

@mr_oshodi/Jamezspot: I wouldn't say you should give up uTorrent at this point by any means, especially since the Windows version of Deluge is probably the most unstable. However, there aren't many cross-platform clients close to as good as the Windows-only uTorrent, so Deluge is particularly attractive for the Mac/Linux crowd.

Adam Pash

@Jamezspot: lol.....that post sounds as if you should quick do that...

Can Adam be more specific on that * full encryption * thingy? I believe Utorrent does that? or does Deluge does it a bit different? or guarantees that "Mr. I am looking for pirates" won't catch me without me using Peer Guardian?

Hmm...makes me wonder..

mr_oshodi

So should we uninstall uTorrent?

Jamezspot

I have used deluge on both Linux and Windows, and I have to say, it's not quite ready to be on windows. Linux it is beautiful! On windows I have had several errors. Once GTK and Python support on windows becomes more mainstream perhaps Deluge will be more stable. Until then, I recommend utorrent on windows with peerguardian, and Deluge on linux.

hlpimfalling

I use deluge on Linux (ubuntu gutsy) and it runs wonderfully. Sometimes settings revert and it ends up sticking torrented files into my home folder instead of the specified torrent folder but otherwise it's stable.

Tush

I still like to use Utorrent under linux for the fact that it has great RSS support right off the bat. Might look ugly as hell on my Eee 900, but hey, it gets the job done.

bdragonmsl

Okay, I get the sense it's finally time for me to stop using ABC. Any suggestions on whether I should give Deluge a shot, or just follow the crowd to uTorrent?

I'm kind of inclined to try this. Seems promising, and probably not any less stable than ABC.

Ruthven

Oh good, finally a lightweight torrent client for Mac.

kli6891

@Prolific Programmer: Don't even ask, Azureus started crapping up ever since it fused with Vuze, if you ignored the fact that it uses Java which makes it a resource hog.

I use Deluge on my machine, and Transmission for my family because it's easier for them to use. We all use Linux by the way.

Calvin Blackburn

How does ths compare to Azureus?

Prolific Programmer

As an Azureus user I was somewhat intrigued by the idea of "lightweight," which I don't think you can call Azureus by any means. But a web interface, RSS and encryption? Where's the lightweight part?

Really, if you want cross-platform I don't see any reason not to use Azureus. It's been stable for me on windows and mac for years.

phearlez

I will make the switch under my Linux box instead of Wine'd uTorrent, but I love my uTorrent on Windows. I would usually forget it's running if it wasn't for my latency going crazy in BF2 and CoD4.

And I think Comcast needs to look more into throttling the protocol.

I seed Open Office and NASA images all of the time.

malnourish

Well, I'll wait a bit... and see how it goes.

Dereks

I don't know how deluge compares to utorrent exactly right now, but when I switched to ubuntu a year ago deluge _was_ the perfect utorrent counterpart, for me. I felt the same (the GUI) and was as lightweight as well.
Ubuntu users can get a .deb file either at the deluge download page, or usually at www.getdeb.net.

catchmeifyoutry

I just gave up on Deluge. Back to Transmission on my Mac and Linux machines, and uTorrent on Windows. The biggest annoyance for me is that the main display would frequently get stuck. It wouldn't reflect progress, and sometimes even would still shows torrents I'd removed. I need my torrent clients to be set-and-forget. I download big things (like game patches), and I want to be able to switch quickly to my torrent client and get a good picture of the progress.

andrew

Sorry to triple-post, but I keep going back through the thread and seeing stuff... *prays to "Bob" for an edit button*

@phearlez: "Lightweight" != "feature-light". In this case, it's speaking in terms of resource consumption and responsiveness. Since Deluge isn't Java-based, it avoids an entire layer of bloat that's inherent in Azureus. I.E. Deluge is both feature-rich and lightweight.

HeartBurnKid

@catchmeifyoutry: No need to mess with getdeb; it's in the Ubuntu repositories now.

HeartBurnKid

@andrew: I'm rather curious about your experience here. I've been using Deluge on Ubuntu (both Gutsy Gibbon and Hardy Heron) for a few months now, and never had that problem. Then again, I'm a light torrenter...

HeartBurnKid

@andrew: I can't believe you got deluge to work on a mac

I spent a long long time trying to get it to work on amac (through MacPorts, which you have to do) and it simply has major issues with leopard.

johcagaorl

I wonder how this compares with Transmission on a Linux machine? It's been a while since I've torrented at all, and I'm converting my laptop to Linux.

RocketSlug

Deluge works much better than any other torrent client for me.

SystemMonitor

I love Deluge, but I switched to Transmission with Clutch when I made a headless Linux server. Deluge .6 will supposedly run from the terminal as a service. If that works out, I'm switching back to Deluge in a heartbeat.

jonny6pak

I just ended up using uTorrent on Ubuntu with Wine. It just hits that sweet spot of lightness and functionality (e.g. downloading particular files from within a torrent).

Yawar Amin

I've been using only Deluge on my Windows and Linux install for quite some time now. Works extremely well on Linux and just a couple of problems on Windows, but since it is cross-platform and open source, it is the BT app I use.

madeinbrazil

Deluge craps out on Windows if you have more than 90k entries in your blacklist file.

thejynxed

I've tried Deluge on Ubuntu and it was more complex than I needed from a BT client. It worked well enough, but I just wanted something lightweight and fast that worked without making me think about it at all. Transmission hit the spot for me. It doesn't have all of the bells, whistles, or options that Deluge does, but it has all the ones that I need.

I think that the closet thing to uTorrent on Linux (other than running it via Wine, which is a bit clunky but functional) is kTorrent. It works best if you run KDE, but I used it for a while in Gnome with no problems. I think Deluge has improved a lot recently, however, so I'd probably use it over kTorrent if I wanted a BT client with more functions than Transmission.

zoomZAP

I've tried Limewire, Deluge, BitTorrent, and Transmission before, and I've got to say, Transmission is still the fastest torrent downloader. (for me, anyways)

Dylan

Filed under "Thing to keep an eye on for possible future use." Thanks.

cjacks9

At first this client attracted me because it looks like uTorrent and is extensible, but it's not really stable under Windows and the developers don't really seem to care about Windows users (I went into the IRC channel). This client is also banned from many private trackers for misreporting data. Although this is a lightweight client supposedly, it comes bundled with Python, PyGTK, GTK, etc. on Windows resulting in an install of about 50 MBs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to bag on this client just state some facts. I will definitely keep an eye on it and I hope it can become more stable on Windows.

Blaenk Denum

For any other Mac users looking for an alternative to Transmission, I can recommend BitRocket [www.bitrocket.org] .

It's relatively new, in beta, but at least it's got a DMG file so you can actually install it (had no luck with MacPorts for Deluge). It works as advertised, looks amazing, and I can't get over the RSS feeds that remind me of my iTunes playlists. It's the most uTorrent-like OSX application I've come across so far.

-flip-

Best torrent client on linux. Glad to be part of a progressive open source community. The best software.. for free.

Gmanpawned