9 of the Best Free Linux BitTorrent Clients
Over the years BitTorrent has received a considerable amount of bad press, mainly because the protocol is seen as a convenient way of facilitating mass illegal downloads of music, movies, games and software. Consequently, it is disliked by some content producers and industry and trade groups such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). However, the protocol also plays an important role in the legal distribution of software and files. For example, many Linux companies rely on BitTorrent as a key method of distributing their software, relieving the bandwidth burden on their servers. Downloads get faster when there are lots of users downloading and sharing at once, which has meant that BitTorrent is very popular when a new version of a Linux distribution is released. Even with many simultaneous downloads, the upload burden on the central server remains quite small, since each new downloader introduces new upload capacity.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 9 polished Linux BitTorrent clients. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who wishes to share software and media files. |
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