Transmission (BitTorrent)
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| Transmission | |
| Image:Transmission New Icon.png
<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Transmission 0.6.png | |
| Use: | BitTorrent
<tr><th>License:</th><td>MIT License</td></tr> |
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| Website: | transmission.m0k.org |
Transmission is a free, lightweight BitTorrent client. It features a simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
Transmission is open source (MIT License) and runs on Mac OS X (Cocoa interface), Linux/NetBSD/FreeBSD/OpenBSD (GTK+ interface) and BeOS/ZETA (native interface).
Transmission also uses a smaller amount of system resources than many other BitTorrent clients (such as Azureus).
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[edit] Features
- Single listening port for all torrents
- Auto-seeding options
- Global upload/download caps
- Auto-banning of peers who send bad data
- Dock badging of completed downloads, and transfer rates
- Customizable toolbar
- Growl support
- Automatic updates using Sparkle
- Universal binary
[edit] Criticism
Currently, Transmission does not strictly adhere to the complete BitTorrent specification. Its behaviour has lead to the client being banned from some private trackers. There has been a heated discussion regarding the matter on the Transmission forum about whether or not it is really a problem. [1]
[edit] Windows Support
Transmission does not support the Windows operating system and has led to the complaints of many wanting Transmissions sleek interface (as uTorrent is debated not to have one), its low memory footprint, and simplicity.
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