P2P Programs

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

Which one do you use out of the following? Just today I started using p2p for the first time in my life (yes first time). I got Ares Galaxy and it workslike a charm but im wondering if theres something better.

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

hemagoku · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 2720 **Location:**

StealMySoda wrote:

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

QFT

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

StealMySoda wrote:

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

+1

limewire has viruses and bearshare is clean but does not have enough selections.

the.unseen. · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 1102 **Location:**

Jstar1 wrote:

StealMySoda wrote:

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

+1

limewire has viruses and bearshare is clean but does not have enough selections.

lol Bearshare, you mean spyshare. Most spyware ever.

Stallowned · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:23 am

soulseek

Megami · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 1019

StealMySoda wrote:

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

+1 :]]]]

Locketart · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 2119 **Location:**

I think the real question is "Which tracker do you use?"

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

Locketart wrote:

I think the real question is "Which tracker do you use?"

sry but whats a tracker?

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

Morgoth wrote:

Locketart wrote:

I think the real question is "Which tracker do you use?"

sry but whats a tracker?

Its what 'tracks' each torrent. Linking to seeders/leechers.

ThisIsAvalon · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1163 **Location:**

Megami wrote:

StealMySoda wrote:

uTorrent has lowest CPU usage and has all the features you will ever need. Best IMO.

+1 :]]]]

Same here, but for some reason it gives me 10 kbps max.....

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

so i tried utorrent and i cant really see a speed difference from ares (not yet anyways)
you guys got any tips on how to teak the preferences to increase the speed?
also you guys use peerguardian2 with your p2ps right?

**another note: whenever i pause a torrent in utorrent, it just keeps downloading, is this normal? or should i stop the torrent if i want to "pause" it?

HyorunmarouZ · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 1839 **Location:** Hell.

Thunder

though i often have bad speed with p2p programs so i don't use them much.

-Evan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:20 am

I use flashget as my p2p client, and I search for torrents in

http://the******bay.org/
http://mini****.org/

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

Morgoth wrote:

so i tried utorrent and i cant really see a speed difference from ares (not yet anyways)
you guys got any tips on how to teak the preferences to increase the speed?
also you guys use peerguardian2 with your p2ps right?

**another note: whenever i pause a torrent in utorrent, it just keeps downloading, is this normal? or should i stop the torrent if i want to "pause" it?

Pause keeps your links with your seeds alive. While stop does not.

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

I use opera's integrated BitTorrent client. :3

*waits for sticks and stones to come bashing out of the sky*

Crumpets · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

uTorrent + Private trackers = Win

5 MB/s on anything = Win.

-Evan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:13 pm

Draquish wrote:

I use opera's integrated BitTorrent client. :3

*waits for sticks and stones to come bashing out of the sky*

Used to do that but now I rarely use Opera just when testing my web pages.

Sharp324 · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4383 **Location:**

Crumpets wrote:

uTorrent + Private trackers = Win

5 MB/s on anything = Win.

Hate you and your private trackers lol. While im sitting here at a blazing 50Kbps...all the horsepower and no where to run..

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

hey when i right clikc a torrent under properties>>at the bottome of the screen theres initial seeding, enable dht, and peer exchange. what are they for?

also if i lower my upload does it also lower my download rate?

fena · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4441 **Location:** Life

I hope you guys don't mind me bumping this thread a little with a question. (:
Just exactly how safe is a program like uTorrent? Isn't it easier to slip in viruses and trojans because there are people who download entire albums or movies?

Master_Mind · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 1591 **Location:** Norway

I used BtiComet most but then.. I had some trouble it wouldnt connect properly to the internet so i ran it along with BitTorrent too see wich 1 dl'd faster and the winner was BitTorrent.
so now im happy with BT

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

fena wrote:

I hope you guys don't mind me bumping this thread a little with a question. (:
Just exactly how safe is a program like uTorrent? Isn't it easier to slip in viruses and trojans because there are people who download entire albums or movies?

When I used to download stuff, I never got any viruses downloading music. Usually if there are viruses included, people will stop seeding thus why its quite safe. You can usually torrent content before you start downloading anyway.

fena · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4441 **Location:** Life

Thanks again, Soda. :]

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