Topic: uTorrent for Linux Has Finally Arrived!
Currently in Alpha stage and needs to be compiled from source:
http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux
Last edited by nolatux (2010-09-20 22:33:36)
Currently running "Statler" - Openbox edition.
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woooo!
cant wait to try it out!
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FYI its just a server for the moment. I don't know how usable it would be.
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Very nice!
When we started our Idea Bank a few months ago, a Linux version was immediately the most requested feature, and has stayed #1 ever since. This morning, we are announcing a preview release of the first of two new products for Linux users. µTorrent Server, an alpha version available immediately for download here, is intended for users seeking a fast, commandline only BitTorrent client with remote web-based management. If you prefer a more traditional experience, rest assured we are working hard to build a full-featured GUI client.
This is a native Linux port and is known to work on Ubuntu 9.10+, Debian 5+ and Fedora 12+. Others may work, but they are not officially supported. Kernel 2.6.13 or newer required. 64-bit host systems currently have some problems, so 32-bit only for now.
For trackers who whitelist, the user agent is uTorrent/300B(build#)(server)
The peerid is identical to the Windows 3.0 client. They share version numbers because of a common codebase.Download the client here!
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Release Notes
Native Linux port!
Headless daemon with WebUI support for remote management
32-bit release (requires 32-bit libraries on x64 systems)
Known Issues
Auto-updates do not work yet
May not work reliably on 64-bit host systems
HTTPS trackers are unsupported
Changelog:
-- 2010-09-13: Version 3.0 alpha (build 21886)
- Ensure alternative listening port setting persists when changed via web
UI
- Include changes list in docs directory of product archive
- Add mention of configfile and settingspath command-line arguments,
rearrange content of Getting Started section of user manual
- Support configfile argument to specify configuration file location
- Disable BEP22 DNS support on POSIX platforms
- Include plain text version of the user manual in docs directory of
product archive
- Include a EULA file in the docs directory of the archive
- Change default log file for logfile argument to utserver.log
- Fix documentation error saying to use forward slash (/) to precede a
command-line argument keyword - should use a dash (-) on POSIX systems
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=83506
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I'm very happy because a private torrent site I use has a weird bug, and only accepts torrents created with uTorrent, Traders Little Helper and Azureus. The first two are Windows only and Azureus has morphed in to Vuze (now a media bittorrent client). Vuze is a great app but I'm too overwhelmed with other projects to learn how to use it. Hopefully the soon-to-be Linux uTorrent client will allow me to stay in Linux and not have to boot into Windows. 
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Why not run uTorrent in Wine?
Its better than having to reboot to Windows and it seems to work well:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p … p;iId=6824
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Is uTorrent that much better than Transmission?
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Morley wrote:
Is uTorrent that much better than Transmission?
I think so. uTorrent has features like auto-shutdown that allow me to leave the computer while torrenting and have it turn off when done. It also has speed graphs that I've wasted a lot of time watching!
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Morley wrote:
Is uTorrent that much better than Transmission?
Yes, it is. Just compare the features lists on their homepages.
I recently discovered Deluge. I'm still fiddling around with the RSS plugin and it refuses to work and the GUI seems to be stuck under windows, but the server/client architecture is a great deal. That's what utorrent is missing: a proper remote.
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anonymous wrote:
Why not run uTorrent in Wine?
Its better than having to reboot to Windows and it seems to work well:
Good suggestion but it's probably easier for me to just use Windows than to set up Wine and all the menus manually in Openbox just to create a few torrent files. For seeding torrent I use Transmission (there's a new GUI shell out for transmission that I want to check out, too).
http://code.google.com/p/transmisson-remote-gui/
But thanks
Last edited by nolatux (2010-09-23 02:02:15)
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I'm kinda reluctant to torrent. Got rTorrent rolling, and is the best client in my tests. Mostly use it for open source though. Filestube is awesome for the copyrighted stuff.
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Re: uTorrent for Linux Has Finally Arrived!
Oh wow! I downloaded utorrent. It isn't source only. The tarball contains a binary utserver (32 bit) which is a headless daemon. I ran it and it makes command line torrent clients look bloated! So far, so useless, so I stuck the IP address of my Crunchbang into Firefox with port 8080 and I'm connected! It looks more or less like the native windows GUI for those that are familiar. Of course Firefox isn't lightweight, but if you're running it anyway 
Unfortunately it is all on /tmp at the moment. I think I might have to unpack it somewhere a little more permanent. No installer as such so it will be a manual copy.
I quite like Deluge but it couldn't be called lightweight and it is so brutal on my router that I have to throttle back the connection settings if I want to use the internet for anything else at the same time.