Month: October 2008
Top 5 Torrent Clients for Linux
UPDATE: The article was moved (and updated). For the new location of the list please click here
Here is a list with the most used torrent clients for Linux. While a few other exists and are listed elsewhere, I think the software presented here represents the big players, and a wide range of interfaces and features. I’m just sharing, I don’t profess to be an expert. Anyway, I hope this list will be of help to you in choosing a better torrent client.
Azureus (now Vuze)
The most future rich torrent client for Linux, but being based on Java, is also a memory and performance hogger.
“Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users” read more…(dead link)
GIMP 2.6 released!
GIMP 2.6 is an important release from a development point of view. It features changes to the user interface addressing some often received complaints, and a tentative integration of GEGL, the graph based image processing library that will eventually bring high bit-depth and non-destructive editing to GIMP.
Read all the announce on GIMP 2.6 Release Note.
GIMP 2.6 can be downloaded from here.