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Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Released For Windows (thenextweb.com)

Posted by msmash on from the handy-software dept.

An anonymous reader quotes an article on The Next Web: Transmission, one of the most popular BitTorrent clients for OS X and Linux, has finally arrived on Windows after roughly a decade in existence. The open-source file sharing app, developed by volunteers and available without ads for free, boasts a small footprint (about 25MB on Windows), support for encryption, a Web interface so you can control it through your browser, as well as the ability to set different speed limits for individual torrents. The current version isn't yet being actively promoted -- to download it, you'll need to head to Transmission's download directory page.

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  1. Small footprint? by johanw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Size is relative it seems. uTorrent is less than 1MB, and still fully functional (if you can find a 2.2 version somewhere). But I read webinterface, and we all know web "programmers" are not known for their efficient products.

    1. Re: Small footprint? by n0creativity · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Some of us refuse to use software where the installer is adware\malware bundled out of principle. Any developer or download site that does this has lost my trust and my respect. Just because you write or distribute free software doesn't give you free reign to try to screw over the people using your software or website. I'd rather have someone charge for their software than stoop to the level of attempting to trick users into contributing to their revenue stream using shady\malicious addon crap.

  2. Re:Bitcoin miner by Andor666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nope, that was uTorrent

    http://www.engadget.com/2015/0...