“BitTorrent has become one of the most widely used apps on the
Internet–so popular, in fact, that it’s estimated that over 33% of
all Internet traffic is now generated by BitTorrent. 33%! It’s not
that surprising, really. BitTorrent is an awesome tool. Grab Linux
ISO images, download music by the Grateful Dead and other
share-friendly bands, and acquire movies from around the world. If
you haven’t discovered BitTorrent yet, find out more about at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent.“As cool as BitTorrent is, the official client is a pretty
spartan. In reaction, numerous other clients have sprung up to
offer an enormous variety of features. The best software, however,
is Azureus, a Java-based program that runs beautifully on Linux
(and Mac OS X and Windows as well)…”
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