Ubuntu comes with interesting small, light and fast torrent downloader called “transmission”, but it lacks of some advanced functionalities. Azureus (Vuze) has plenty of advanced options and functionalities, works on every operating system with Java support, it is big with more system resources requirement (slower on older machines), classic and modern user interface (UI) many plugins and awards and if you want to give it a try follow this simple one click Ubuntu installation tutorial on DetectorPRO, or check the official page for other operating systems. And there, somewhere in the middle is Deluge – fast, light and enough featured bittorrent client for most regular users.


In fact, Deluge has similar and easy interface like small but powerful uTorrent, and is build as a native linux application, (but also works on other operating systems) with regular updates. Deluge features a rich plugin collection and most of Deluge’s functionality is available in the form of plugins. Also Deluge is light bittorrent client that will not slow down your system when is working (downloading, uploading seeding..).

For more info and possibilities check the official site, or click here to download the newest Deluge version for Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Arch, Windows. The installation is easy:

For Ubuntu:

• choose Ubuntu from left menu
• then choose your version of Ubuntu (example if you have 32bit Ubuntu 8.10 – click on that link)
• download the .deb file and save on desktop or other place
• double click on downloaded .deb file will install the new version of Deluge

For Windows:

• choose Windows from left menu
• Then choose your windows version (XP or Vista only) 32 or 64 bit
• download the file, double click on it and follow the installation instructions.

Official Deluge site – click here.

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