Matt
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Jamestown, NC |  People still use Azureus?
People still use Azureus? Is there any compelling reason to use it over uTorrent? |
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adisor19
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| said by Matt  :People still use Azureus? Is there any compelling reason to use it over uTorrent? You're joking, right ?
Azureus/Vuze is the best torrent client out there in terms of features hands down. If you configure it properly no other client can come close to it in terms of speed especially on a non Windows platform.
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Combat Chuck
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Erie, PA | reply to Matt
yes, I use it. With mainline DHT plugin I have yet to meet a seemingly dead torrent I couldn't pull in. |
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MysticGogeta
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I never liked Azuresus, perhaps because I have a windows machine. uTorrent does a hell of a job on my machine.
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Matt
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said by adisor19 :said by Matt :People still use Azureus? Is there any compelling reason to use it over uTorrent? You're joking, right ? Azureus/Vuze is the best torrent client out there in terms of features hands down. If you configure it properly no other client can come close to it in terms of speed especially on a non Windows platform. Adi A Java application will never be as fast or lightweight as a native app.
Azureus = 9.3MB
uTorrent = 263KB
Maybe for non-Windows users it's the best (all the Linux torrent clients I've used are pretty terrible) but for Windows it's bloated and slow. I haven't seen a peer using Azureus in ages. |
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adisor19
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| said by Matt :said by adisor19 :said by Matt :People still use Azureus? Is there any compelling reason to use it over uTorrent? You're joking, right ? Azureus/Vuze is the best torrent client out there in terms of features hands down. If you configure it properly no other client can come close to it in terms of speed especially on a non Windows platform. Adi A Java application will never be as fast or lightweight as a native app. Azureus = 9.3MB uTorrent = 263KB Maybe for non-Windows users it's the best (all the Linux torrent clients I've used are pretty terrible) but for Windows it's bloated and slow. I haven't seen a peer using Azureus in ages. Actually you'd be surprised. I'm not saying it's lightweight, cause i know full well it's not. But if you configure it properly(and patch TCP/IP since you're using winblows) and if you make sure DHT tracker is enabled, you're gonna get faster speeds then uTorrent guaranteed.
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major marco
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said by MysticGogeta : uTorrent does a hell of a job on my machine. When it's not being throttled by your ISP. Same here.
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jacour
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Azureus is by far the most popular client. I am presently connected to a large swarm and I just counted up the active connections by client type:
Azureus 74
BitLord 38
BitComet 22
uTorrent 2
and 22 connections from 8 other client types. That means Azureus accounts for 47% of all users out there, and I think this swarm is fairly typical. |
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swhx7
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Elbonia | How many of those are the pre-sellout v.2.5, and how many are the later Vuze/Azureus?
Many users don't trust versions released after the maker got in bed with the Hollywood cartel. |
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dadkins
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Cool!
I have tried all BT clients, Vuze wins. Lite, non-java, meh!
I can bury my connection and it always just works!
On XP and Vista! 
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iansltx
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| Meh Vuze...
Vuze/Azureus is nice but isn't "light" by any stretch of the imagination. If I just want to grab a torrent and be done with it, I use Transmission on Mac OS, uTorrent on PC. Both have performance that's quite nice...on private-tracker both can give me a full 8 Mbit/s from my cable connection...
Vuze seems okay, but there's way too much there...the download UI is obscured by the content store... |
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adisor19
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| said by iansltx :Vuze/Azureus is nice but isn't "light" by any stretch of the imagination. If I just want to grab a torrent and be done with it, I use Transmission on Mac OS, uTorrent on PC. Both have performance that's quite nice...on private-tracker both can give me a full 8 Mbit/s from my cable connection... Vuze seems okay, but there's way too much there...the download UI is obscured by the content store... Transmission is OK for you ?! oh wow, that thing is dog slow no matter what i tried. Azureus trounces it when it comes to speed on OS X.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Transmission is fairly light and lean and does a good job in Leopard. I haven't used Azureus in a year or two, but the last time I fired it up, it was a resource hog. Granted, Azureus is more configurable, but Transmission "just works" IMO. |
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jacour
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Ypsilanti, MI | reply to swhx7
Re: People still use Azureus?
Virtually all have version numbers after 2.5. At least 50% of the Vuze clients are on the current release, and most of the rest are Version 3.XX. |
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perfidy47
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Beaverton, OR
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Re: Meh Vuze...
I have run a side by side comparison with vuze vs utorrent. Azureus connects to more peers, more quickly and d/l speeds are faster. This was on a 3.5 gb torrent. Opened in both clients simultaneously. If you configure azureus correctly, you will ALWAYS get 2-8 time the swarm average speed. I get on a torrent and I see the swarm avg is 100kbps and laugh maniacally while my speed is 800kbps-1MBps. I have used azureus since it was in beta. For my friends with older comps or who aren't very technical, I give em utorrent. I'm stuck on a 3yr old toshiba sat. pro laptop, 1gb ram, 1.6 pentium M on xp pro. I get no slow downs lock ups ANYTHING while running vuze, firefox with like 15 tabs open, winamp on shuffle and dvd-decrpter ripping/burning all at once. The ONLY reason to use u-torrent over azureus is if a: you have an older machine or b: you are not technically inclined about software in general(specifically in the areas of networking) Even then azureus wiki is ur friend. AZUREUS IS THE KING OF ALL BT CLIENTS HANDS DOWN!!!  
OH and I use the NEWS plugin and it works like a charm. Oh and I'm on comcast so you know I get an alert from the plugin every night when I'm running multiple torrents LOL |
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perfidy47
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said by iansltx :Vuze/Azureus is nice but isn't "light" by any stretch of the imagination. If I just want to grab a torrent and be done with it, I use Transmission on Mac OS, uTorrent on PC. Both have performance that's quite nice...on private-tracker both can give me a full 8 Mbit/s from my cable connection... Vuze seems okay, but there's way too much there...the download UI is obscured by the content store... There is an option in vuze to switch to the classic advanced UI....don't knock vuze before you even fully explore all features and learn to configure it properly.... |
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Nanoprobe
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| ^^^^^^What he said^^^^^^
I especially like the plugins that are available.
I do also use utorrent but only on my laptop.
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Mannus
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2 edits | reply to Combat Chuck
Re: People still use Azureus?
said by Combat Chuck :yes, I use it. With mainline DHT plugin I have yet to meet a seemingly dead torrent I couldn't pull in. +1. I recently installed the ONO plugin and have noticed an at least 30% increase in my d/l speeds. I currently average 500-600 Kb/s per torrent and some go as high as 1.3-1.8 Mb/s. Course having 15/2 un-throttled FiOS helps too. The graph show what is roughly 95% torrent(anime) traffic. |
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Mannus
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Here's an example |
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Transmaster
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Vuze
NASA has some of their larger programs available via bit-torrent and they suggest Vuze too download them. I regularly get downloads at 400kbps, and I have been as high a 700kbps. If Vuze is good enough for NASA it is good enough for me.
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