Quake3World

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:06 pm**

[RANT]This is frustrating, what the heck is going on why are people switching to torrents for legit downloads? Now I need to get another program to download a file. I understand the benefits, but seriously what the ghey?[/RANT]

I thought torrents were more warez based excuse my ignorance...

What's a good slim torrent client that people are using now-a-days?

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:10 pm**

ABC is pretty good. not as bloated or system-hogging as Azureus, but still offers plenty of functionality and multiple download managing etc.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:11 pm**

Slim? There's a Firefox bittorrent plugin proposed but not quite here yet:

Mozilla developers have announced the future release a FireFox BitTorrent plugin. Initially developers refused to create such a plugin but were more or less forced after Opera announced that they would integrate it into their new browser.

The plugin can be configured from the options menu and is pretty easy to use, the alpha version we have tested was surprisingly stable. The plugin is entirely integrated into the existing download dialog and the theme is fully customizable to your personal liking. Because it's still in alpha development phase there are no public downloads available, so all the hardcore FireFox fans will have to wait a while longer.

However for a slim client, try the original bittorrent client: http://bittorrent.com/download.html

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:21 pm**

Thanks, time to move into the future...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:25 pm**

I use ABC as well. It works great..

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:28 pm**

Giraffe }{unter wrote:[RANT]This is frustrating, what the heck is going on why are people switching to torrents for legit downloads? Now I need to get another program to download a file. I understand the benefits, but seriously what the ghey?[/RANT]

I thought torrents were more warez based excuse my ignorance...

What's a good slim torrent client that people are using now-a-days?

jesus...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:53 pm**

complaining about legit downloads

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:59 pm**

The only problem I see with torrent downloads is that if no one is online with the file, you're screwed until there is.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:00 pm**

BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.

If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you dont use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:09 pm**

moron alert for sure on this one...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:51 pm**

Foo wrote:BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.

If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you donut use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.

what I meant was, it's used mostly for non-legit reasons, when you find legit things to download they are usually not available, because there are so few users holding the files.

ie. the benefits look great on paper, but after over a year out, it's not even a useful tool yet

EDIT: Might I add... It's very useful for other things though. While waiting for someone to come on line with the file I requested I downloaded all these other "legit" files :icon30:

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:52 pm**

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
Foo wrote:BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.

If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you dont use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.
what I meant was, it's used mostly for non-legit reasons, when you find legit things to download they are usually not available, because there are so few users holding the files.

ie. the benifits look great on paper, but after over a year out, it's not even a usefull tool yet

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Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:55 pm**

LOL read my edit heh...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:01 pm**

I think when the Firefox Bittorrent plugin becomes available (assuming they deliver a simple efficient plugin and dont drop the ball) I think Bittorrent will surge in popularity (again), perhaps this time even business users will look seriously at Firefox and Bittorrent.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:24 pm**

torrents for legal downloads is great. for about 2 weeks.
public ftps is still where its at when it comes to legal dls

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:36 pm**

Bittorrent is great but at the same time it sort of sucks, popular files are shared quick but non-popular files die out. I find it works great for television shows.

BitComet works great.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:44 pm**

OMFG Gramps, your sig is bigger than any post in this thread.

In a more related note:
I use ABC too. Works perfectly well and is quicker loading than Azeureus or however it's spelled. Never noticed any slowdown or large RAM usage due to the Java ini Azeureus, but might as well avoid it.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:56 pm**

Foo wrote:Slim? There's a Firefox bittorrent plugin proposed but not quite here yet:

Mozilla developers have announced the future release a FireFox BitTorrent plugin. Initially developers refused to create such a plugin but were more or less forced after Opera announced that they would integrate it into their new browser.

The plugin can be configured from the options menu and is pretty easy to use, the alpha version we have tested was surprisingly stable. The plugin is entirely integrated into the existing download dialog and the theme is fully customizable to your personal liking. Because it's still in alpha development phase there are no public downloads available, so all the hardcore FireFox fans will have to wait a while longer.
However for a slim client, try the original bittorrent client: http://bittorrent.com/download.html

funny, but i got bitcomet yesterday and encountered its IE-based bullshit (activeX controls anyone? ffs...) and thought "wouldn't it be nice if mozilla created a torrent client"...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:57 pm**

rofl...legal downloads...

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:09 pm**

YourGrandpa wrote:I use ABC as well. It works great..

Likewise.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:14 pm**

seremtan wrote:funny, but i got bitcomet yesterday and encountered its IE-based bullshit (activeX controls anyone? ffs...) and thought "wouldn't it be nice if mozilla created a torrent client"...

A lot of people have been thinking the same as you, me included.

Then the Opera team released a version with BT support integrated, which pretty much threw down the gauntlet for Firefox.

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:24 am**

It's all about the amount of bandwidth they pay for.

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:35 am**

Freakaloin wrote:rofl...legal downloads...

yes, even you might need an update every once n awhile!

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:12 pm**

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

download the azureus programs. I get around 50 - 60 for every download. Also get the Safe peer plugin for it so you dont download off of servers like Warner Bros. or someone who is "interested" in knowing who you are and why you are stealing there media

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:16 pm**

"What's a good slim torrent client that people are using now-a-days?"

I would have recommended Azureus too, but that's not what he's after.

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