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Old December 13th, 2004 Top | #1
 
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Default What's the best BT client?
Friend is looking for one that's not command line.
Likes one to provide lots of information/stats and graphs... also one that's easy to understand.

I've used the plug-in on edonkey, but that's a plug-in. Don't think it works with TorrentSpy either.

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You will get lots of opinions on this.....

I like ABC or BitTornado.
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I personally like azurueus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/), and ABC is also very good.
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If I'm not breaking forum rules, check out azareus. sourceforge. 'nuff said.
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If he's behind a UPnP-enabled router, I'd suggest BitComet (what I use) or Azureus. Using either of them will save you the trouble of setting up port forwarding on the router for faster speeds.

G3 Torrent is also very nice interface-wise, but it's not UPnP-aware.
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ABC...I have used every single one out there and the easiest and cleanest one is ABC...
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http://www.bittornado.com/ always has been and my fav, and have never had a reason to switch.

Simple to install, usues less resources than the bigger clients, and has a lot of options hidden within it.
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I use ABC, didn't like Azureus when I tried it, but lots of folks swear by it.
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i tryed them all, the best one that i found was bitcomet, as far as i know its the only one that supports using proxies, but also, azureus doesnt do what u tell it to do, when i right click and tell it to delete the torrent and remove it from the window, it doesnt do anything, pretty gay if u ask me

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Originally Posted by NetRyder
If he's behind a UPnP-enabled router, I'd suggest BitComet (what I use) or Azureus. Using either of them will save you the trouble of setting up port forwarding on the router for faster speeds.
I use Azureus and i still had to setup port fowarding to make it work properly
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cool. i'll check out those mentioned here then advise my friend on it.
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BitLord or BitComet are the best ones to use.

www.BitComet.com

www.BitLord.com

Both of them hav a dc++ kinda feel to it.
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