deluge torrent – sort of like uTorrent for Linux
When I first switched to Linux, I was running a lot of things in WINE because I was having trouble finding good linux alternatives for a few programs I use every day. Many programs weren’t a problem because they were designed (or redesigned) to be open-source and cross-platform. Those of you who have been following along have seen me recommend some applications as I made the switch but for the record, here’s a quick breakdown.
Cross platform applications that didn’t effect my switch to linux:
Web browsing: Firefox
Email: Thunderbird
(S)FTP: Filezilla
Web browsing: Opera (used for testing)
Applications I used on Windows and their alternatives I’ve found for Linux:
Text Editing: – Notepad++ | Geany
IRC: mIRC | Konversation (tried kvirc for a while but it’s too buggy)
Music: MusikCube | Amarok 1.4 / Exaile
The other programs I use are either minuscule or obvious (e.g. AIM to pidgin).
Today I’d like to share with you another great application that has replaced uTorrent (which I ran in WINE for a while and disliked), Deluge. What I love about deluge is that it is a native application with an interface that looks and behaves much like uTorrent does. Right click open folder in uTorrent in WINE is very face palm because it would try to open it in the stripped down windows explorer type thing :shudder:.
Anyway… I started using deluge at version 0.5 or so and since then it’s had a major code rewrite and feels more solid and (appears it) is now more extendible. Below is a screenshot of how nice it looks.
It even has a web-ui (if you install the package). You need to run this manually with the following command:
deluge -u web
The only thing it’s missing (that it had in earlier versions) is a good RSS plugin. There are some “solutions” like the FlexRSS plugin or Feeder (web ui only; good luck, have fun with installing that) but they are inferior to uTorrent. However, that is not enough to send me away and I highly recommend this as a Linux torrent client.
To install the latest version in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, I added the following PPA to my software sources >> https://launchpad.net/~deluge-team/+archive/ppa
I also use uTorrent in Ubuntu v9.10 using Wine. I’m happy with uTorrent but it is all about performance. I saw some tests done between uTorrent, Ktorrent, Deluge, Transmission, and others and uTorrent consistently came out faster. The look of Deluge is a knock off of uTorrent, which is a good thing, less learning curve and a good UI that helps you get the most out of the application. I use Deluge on occassion and is my preferred linux client, but use uTorrent most of the time for performance. I think both are great programs. Jim from PA.
which version of KVIrc did you try?
KVirc is not too buggy, it is ubuntu delivering the second time a broken version.
Try a freshly build from http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~xt1/ubuntu/
Greetings ambo