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I left the high seas many years ago, but I'm down to seed for a cause. What's the best torrent client nowadays?

by vlachen 9mo ago

josh_p 9mo ago
qbittorrent is still regarded as independent and safe, I think. https://www.qbittorrent.org/ https://www.qbittorrent.org/ I’m still using it happily on windows/linux. Don’t forget your vpn!
- vlachen 9mo ago
  That brings me to the next thing: Taking VPN suggestions. What's the best? I like secure. Edited to remove being a moron.
  - x13 9mo ago
    proton
  - rpdillon 9mo ago
    Mullvad. The only VPN company I actually trust.
    - utrack 9mo ago
      It's important though that Mullvad doesn't do port forwarding; you won't be able to seed effectively
  - michaelmrose 9mo ago
    Then you probably don't want a free service that costs money to run where they can only make money by converting most users to paid or monetizing your information in a country where you are unlikely to have an attorney whilst operating what amounts to a honeypot for every government on earth. That said protonvpn seems reputable
    - vlachen 9mo ago
      That's a fair point that I arrived at once I put half a second of thought into what I was actually asking.
  - theblazehen 9mo ago
    Mullvad
  - josh_p 9mo ago
    I pay for proton. It works. I’m not as security conscious as I should be but it’s pretty much a set and forget thing aside from changing ports.
  - UltraSane 9mo ago
    Proton VPN has port forwarding that lets you seed torrents.
immibis 9mo ago
qBittorrent
squarefoot 9mo ago
Qbittorrent, Transmission etc. The Transmission daemon can be installed headless with negligible system load on a vast number of devices, from Raspberry Pi-like and smaller SBCs to Linux/BSD NASes, then operated from remote through the web interface or a phone app.
Modified3019 9mo ago
I’m of the opinion that would be mullvad. RTings recently updated their reviews and seems to agree: https://www.rtings.com/vpn/reviews/best/privacy https://www.rtings.com/vpn/reviews/best/privacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_BB2uFYYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_BB2uFYYA
- joks 9mo ago
  mullvad is not a torrent client
LargoLasskhyfv 9mo ago
For desktop use from within Plasma/KDE I'm happy with Ktorrent. Feels very intuitive, and has no problem saturating a 1GB/s pipe, and doesn't slow the system down, while doing so. (At least not mine, which are old and almost obsolete but have enough RAM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTorrent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTorrent / https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent/ https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent/ Otherwise follow the links from there to qBitTorrent, or its mentions from other commenters here. Am not fond of transmission at all. Feels slow and sluggish in comparison.

I left the high seas many years ago, but I'm down to seed for a cause. What's the best torrent client nowadays?

by vlachen 9mo ago

I left the high seas many years ago, but I'm down to seed for a cause. What's the best torrent client nowadays?

qbittorrent is still regarded as independent and safe, I think. https://www.qbittorrent.org/ https://www.qbittorrent.org/ I’m still using it happily on windows/linux. Don’t forget your vpn!

vlachen 9mo ago
That brings me to the next thing: Taking VPN suggestions. What's the best? I like secure. Edited to remove being a moron.
- x13 9mo ago
  proton
- rpdillon 9mo ago
  Mullvad. The only VPN company I actually trust.
  - utrack 9mo ago
    It's important though that Mullvad doesn't do port forwarding; you won't be able to seed effectively
- michaelmrose 9mo ago
  Then you probably don't want a free service that costs money to run where they can only make money by converting most users to paid or monetizing your information in a country where you are unlikely to have an attorney whilst operating what amounts to a honeypot for every government on earth. That said protonvpn seems reputable
  - vlachen 9mo ago
    That's a fair point that I arrived at once I put half a second of thought into what I was actually asking.
- theblazehen 9mo ago
  Mullvad
- josh_p 9mo ago
  I pay for proton. It works. I’m not as security conscious as I should be but it’s pretty much a set and forget thing aside from changing ports.
- UltraSane 9mo ago
  Proton VPN has port forwarding that lets you seed torrents.

immibis 9mo ago

qBittorrent

squarefoot 9mo ago

Qbittorrent, Transmission etc. The Transmission daemon can be installed headless with negligible system load on a vast number of devices, from Raspberry Pi-like and smaller SBCs to Linux/BSD NASes, then operated from remote through the web interface or a phone app.

Modified3019 9mo ago

I’m of the opinion that would be mullvad. RTings recently updated their reviews and seems to agree: https://www.rtings.com/vpn/reviews/best/privacy https://www.rtings.com/vpn/reviews/best/privacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_BB2uFYYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_BB2uFYYA

joks 9mo ago
mullvad is not a torrent client

LargoLasskhyfv 9mo ago

For desktop use from within Plasma/KDE I'm happy with Ktorrent. Feels very intuitive, and has no problem saturating a 1GB/s pipe, and doesn't slow the system down, while doing so. (At least not mine, which are old and almost obsolete but have enough RAM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTorrent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTorrent / https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent/ https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent/ Otherwise follow the links from there to qBitTorrent, or its mentions from other commenters here. Am not fond of transmission at all. Feels slow and sluggish in comparison.