uTorrent (µTorrent) and its alternatives

	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 (Administrator) 12 days ago
	I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not using torrents to download Youtube videos.

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	Why does this get such good reviews? Comment by endolith about uTorrent (µTorrent) Apr 2012
	The installer has a bunch of irrelevant crap in it like toolbars. Not what I wanted.

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	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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Good choice for Windows, otherwise Transmission

Comment by elephantphone about uTorrent (µTorrent) qBittorrent Deluge Vuze (Azureus) Transmission Mar 2011

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 (Contributor) Feb 2012
	Well not everyone of them (Deluge and qBittorrent for example). Only Vuze is worse.

	OmgItsTheSmartGuy (Administrator) Feb 2012
	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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	uTorrent is starting to water down its main purpose. Comment by karden about uTorrent (µTorrent) Jun 2011
	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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	uTorrent is going in the wrong direction. Comment by ThomasKri about uTorrent (µTorrent) Deluge Jan 2011
	uTorrent is going in the wrong direction. I'm on 2.0.4 still, although Deluge might replace it.

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	It WAS a lightweight application! Negative Comment by joshas about uTorrent (µTorrent) Jan 2011
	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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