So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.
I didn’t think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They’re both just torrent downloaders.
Holy shit was I wrong. I don’t even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don’t even understand how.
A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.
Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?
I switch from uTorrent to qBittorrent when Ninite dropped it. I wasn’t aware that uTorrent had become aware, and Ninite had my back. I trust those guys with the selection of softwares they offer.
I don’t know if uTorrent does ratelimit torrents someway (they shouldn’t be by theory), but it being adware is enough of a result to switch to another torrent client.
I’m more of a fan of Deluge, but alternatives like qBittorrent / Transmission are solid choices.
I always thought that was what everyone said, as that’s actually how it’s spelled. I wasn’t even aware it was called different by some or even most people, although I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised as I can imagine many people not knowing the greek alphabet.
There are a handful of features that I really like with qbittorrent but there were plugins I can’t find replacements for from Deluge:
having items deleted after meeting seeding requirements, as *arr auto imports, but having exceptions for private trackers
the above without having the *arr stack have a permanent warning
auto adding public default trackers to any public torrent
I’ve switched back and forth a few times and I run them side by side but let deluge take the reins of most of it because I have it set up to be hands off with the above.
If anyone knows how I can set up qbt the same way that would be great though
uTorrent has been down the shitter for over a decade now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the download speed was throttled without a pro subscription. It could also be a difference in how the applications discover seeds, or how much CPU time or memory is allocated to downloads.
As a general rule, if an application is full of anti-features, it tends to have better, usually FOSS, alternatives.
UT has been garbage for some time. I reckon the data it uses to send your info back to them and to load ads, bogs down the network, especially on slower networks. The last time I used it, there were also graphical artifacts all over. Qbit on the other hand, is much cleaner and simpler to use, and it doesnt add any unwanted network traffic, which is why it’s probably faster
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I switch from uTorrent to qBittorrent when Ninite dropped it. I wasn’t aware that uTorrent had become aware, and Ninite had my back. I trust those guys with the selection of softwares they offer.
Yea and their background updater is a must. I paid $10 for the exe. No serial numbers needed.
I don’t know if uTorrent does ratelimit torrents someway (they shouldn’t be by theory), but it being adware is enough of a result to switch to another torrent client.
I’m more of a fan of Deluge, but alternatives like qBittorrent / Transmission are solid choices.
Trasmission never worked well for me, on the other hand qBittorrent did the job perfectly.
TIL I’m the only one who says “microtorrent”.
I call it mutorrent
I always thought that was what everyone said, as that’s actually how it’s spelled. I wasn’t even aware it was called different by some or even most people, although I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised as I can imagine many people not knowing the greek alphabet.
Yeah, it’s kind of weird. Always assumed it as well.
You’re not alone brother. There are dozens of us! Dozens!
what is that
The “u” in uTorrent is actually [greek letter mu](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter\)), which as a SI suffix is pronounced “micro” and means one millionth (10^-6)
I did when i first started using it. no idea when i switched to calling it utorrent.
QBittorrent has been my torrent Client for 4/5 years at this point, never having problems. It works on my Steam Deck too (Arch).
where does Tixati fit on your lists?
I’m assuming you mean you were using one of the older, “safe” versions of uTorrent. But yeah, the technology has updated. It’s better.
You were probably using the wrong version of utorrent.
I think you need something like 1.6. No adware, no malware, just works fast and easy.
uTorrent is adware
Ever since uTorrent started mining on users computers, ive been on QBT
Is it still being updated? I ran from it when I knew Transmission and Qbittorrent were a thing.
I tried grabbing Qbit and all I could find was malware. I used to be so so good at navigating all this stuff and stopped to stream for a little. ☹️
yay qbittorrent
Emerge -v qbittorrent
Doesn’t sound like you were looking in the right places
The best executables with malware actually perform the function you expect them to.
You’re not wrong but that’s not the point here. QBittorrent doesn’t have malware which means they got it from the wrong source.
sudo apt install qbittorrent
sudo pacman -S qbittorrent
flatpak install org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent
sudo dnf install qbittorrent
winget install --id=qBittorrent.qBittorrent -e
Scoop install qbittorrent
choco install qbittorrent
scoooop!
How tf you managed that I will never ever understand…
I am not a clever man.
What OS do you have? If Windows, it is available in the Microsoft store.
Let’s be real, that’s the last place anyone would look for a torrent client
The official website with downloads is the first hit on Google…
There are a handful of features that I really like with qbittorrent but there were plugins I can’t find replacements for from Deluge:
I’ve switched back and forth a few times and I run them side by side but let deluge take the reins of most of it because I have it set up to be hands off with the above.
If anyone knows how I can set up qbt the same way that would be great though
https://github.com/jerrymakesjelly/autoremove-torrents
qbit_manage
Beautiful! Thanks so much
qB already has that, see Tools / Options / BitTorrent / “Automatically add these trackers to new downloads”
I don’t use that feature but it seems to be there.
The third should be possible with this maintained fork:
https://github.com/c0re100/qBittorrent-Enhanced-Edition
Utorrent kind of went really downhill and sold itself. Nobody should ever use utorrent anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-VEB4NLGMM
Tldr; bittorrent bought out utorrent and started putting ads in the client
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uTorrent has been down the shitter for over a decade now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the download speed was throttled without a pro subscription. It could also be a difference in how the applications discover seeds, or how much CPU time or memory is allocated to downloads.
As a general rule, if an application is full of anti-features, it tends to have better, usually FOSS, alternatives.
And alternativeto.net is the place to find them alternatives
I have had the same experience switching from deluge to qbittorrrent. It’s like, another world.
I do miss that really detailed block download page, but that’s only cos I’d watch it instead of doing something useful with my life.
UT has been garbage for some time. I reckon the data it uses to send your info back to them and to load ads, bogs down the network, especially on slower networks. The last time I used it, there were also graphical artifacts all over. Qbit on the other hand, is much cleaner and simpler to use, and it doesnt add any unwanted network traffic, which is why it’s probably faster