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Softpedia Editor's Review for Deluge
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A full-featured BitTorrent client
Written by Elena Opris on December 13th, 2011
Deluge is a torrent client that you can use to upload and download data from all over the web.
The user interface looks like the ones of more popular torrent clients, since tasks can be initiated in the upper part of the screen, while various information about them is shown on the lower side.
Once you have added a torrent to the queue, you can select individual parts to download, as well as set the download location, allocation and bandwidth.
The program takes a few seconds to start the downloading process, but its speed is very good. On the lower part of the screen, you can view the status, such as downloading progress bar, share ratio, seeders and peers.
Furthermore, you can view details (e.g. hash, path, number of files, comments, tracker), files (size, progress and priority of each file), peers (addresses, clients, progress, downloading and uploading speed) and options (bandwidth, queue, tracker editing).
On the left side of Deluge's interface, you can view the state of torrents and filter them by tracker name. Plus, you can force re-check, update and edit trackers, as well as move them to another location.
In Preferences you can set the default download path, enable the prioritization of first and last pieces of the torrent, use specific ports, enable or disable network extras (e.g. UPnP, LSD, Peer Exchange).
Furthermore, you can set global bandwidth usage, password-protect Deluge when it's minimized to system tray, allow remote connections, configure proxy settings, enable plugins (e.g. AutoAdd, Blocklist, Extractor, Label, Scheduler), customize the interface, and more.
The program uses a moderate amount of system resources, is highly customizable and easy to use by both novices and experts. However, Deluge doesn't necessarily bring something new to the table except for its plugins (we couldn't access WebUI without a password), and a downloading task failed due to some unknown error.
Nevertheless, Deluge is a good torrent client and we will probably see more of its capabilities in the future.
Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for Deluge
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Deluge description
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Here are some key features of "Deluge":
· Core/UI split allowing Deluge to run as a daemon
· Connect remotely to the Deluge daemon
· Web UI
· Console UI
· GTK+ UI
· BitTorrent Protocol Encryption
· Mainline DHT
· Local Peer Discovery (aka LSD)
· FAST protocol extension
· µTorrent Peer Exchange
· UPnP and NAT-PMP
· Proxy support
· Web seed
· Private Torrents
· Global and per-torrent speed limits
· Configurable bandwidth scheduler
· Password protection
· RSS (via Plugin)
· Other libtorrent features
Requirements:
· Internet Connection
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Core:
· Properly show the 'Checking Resume Data' state instead of just 7
· Added ability to use XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR as default download folder
· Fix path error with torrent files prefixed with ' file://' from Firefox
· Fix setting the disk io read/write to bypass OS cache in Windows
· Fix win32 running deluged as not logged in user via runas or service
· If added torrent already exists, append extra trackers to it
· Fix Seeds and Peers totals not updating
· Fix translated Tracker Error text not counted in sidebar Error status
· Fix httpdownloader error with existing filename
· Add libtorrent info to version output
· Fix UnicodeDecodeError? from 'deluge-* --help' with non-english languages
· Fix handling of backslashes when renaming files/folders
GtkUI:
· Show the checking icon for torrents in the 'Checking Resume Data' state
· Fix right-click selecting issue when switching between folders and files
· Add F2 key shortcut for renaming filenames in the Files Tab
· Increase max piece size...
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 | |  | | Softpedia guarantees that Deluge 1.3.3 is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >] |
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