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uTorrent (µTorrent)

Free with limited functionality by BitTorrent Inc | Link to website

µTorrent (a.k.a uTorrent or MicroTorrent) is a lightweight BitTorrent client that includes standard features such as bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT. Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification and peer exchange. More info »



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Mighty_Mac-image

For noobs

Negative Comment by Mighty_Mac about uTorrent (µTorrent) 13 days ago

A lot of people use this to download media, which can be bugged, traced, or even contain a virus. By using a youtube media converter, it is safe, fast, and free.

 
OmgItsTheSmartGuy-image

I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not using torrents to download Youtube videos.

 
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endolith-image

The installer has a bunch of irrelevant crap in it like toolbars. Not what I wanted.

 
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CatCalendar-image

eh

Comment by CatCalendar about uTorrent (µTorrent) Feb 2012

all things considered, all the extra doodads they've been adding to recent releases haven't really bloated the program to an unusable state. it's still pretty functional and i wouldn't get too worried about the size of it unless it keeps going in this direction.

 
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elephantphone-image

Well, the App pane and searchfield are optional. The other clients for Windows is even worse, so uTorrent is a good choice.

But if you're not using Windows, Transmission is definitively better.

 
TDL-image

Well not everyone of them (Deluge and qBittorrent for example). Only Vuze is worse.

 
OmgItsTheSmartGuy-image

I personally think that uTorrent is better than Transmission (at least, on Mac OS X). On my Hackintosh, letting Transmission download at full speed slows my web browsing down to a crawl. However, uTorrent automatically adjusts its bandwidth usage based on what I'm doing, so that my web browsing always stays snappy.

 
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karden-image

Couple of years ago uTorrent had small footprint and just got the job done. Today it is still lightweight, but is starting to water down its main purpose. But still not that bloated, and is quite usable.

 
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ThomasKri-image

uTorrent is going in the wrong direction. I'm on 2.0.4 still, although Deluge might replace it.

 
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joshas-image

It WAS a lightweight application, but with latest 2.2 version too much bloat was introduced - just look at Apps pane. And I just got the first crash of uTorrent today - it has never happened on earlier versions. Sorry to sound so negative, but it is time for a new lightweight torrent client.

 
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