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Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Fiahil wrote: post #159
capableweb wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Downloading it from a side channel means you can buy it on your favourite platform and actually keep it on your computer. That would give the distribution platform the idea that what they are doing is OK. In this case, just download it and don't pay for it, if they are not actually providing you of any service. Vote with your wallet.

> Vote with your wallet. Just so you know (and stop using that phrase), there is no way scientifically or otherwise, to attribute the effect of non-sales to a feature, a service or anything else. Your opinion on the matter just never shows up during product decisions, planning or analysis. Your "vote" just doesn't exist.

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Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by dmix »

netheril96 wrote: post #20

As a Chinese, I really need the anti leeching capabilities, as too many people here use Xunlei that only download but never upload. Sad to see that the maintainers skip this again.

I just read that Xunlei is the most popular BitTorrent client in China.

Does it not upload to none Xunlei clients or does it leech Bittorent entirely? I can’t imagine one that is a pure leech could exist without harming BitTorrent

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by pmarreck »

captainmuon wrote: post #112

Good to see it being in active development. But the one feature I'm waiting for is a network whitelist. For example, it should never connect over my home or office network, but only via anonymous VPN. (Edit: I know you can do this already with firewall rules, or containers, but I don't trust myself to not make a mistake. Ideally this should be part of the OS. You should be able to right-click somewhere in the window…

bitport.io cloud torrenting and done (after downloading at high speeds from their site), for me at least.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by sylware »

irusensei wrote: post #155
sylware wrote: post #85

A long time ago I was a user of transmission, then they moved to c++ and it was over. I would use other now.

I could understand if it was coded in a way that forces you to install extra modules like say PHP but stopping to use something because it went from C to C++ just makes you sound like a zealot.

c++ zealots are no less worse that languageX zealots mate.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by dmix »

xavxav wrote: post #105

> The project is much more responsive to bug reports and code submissions than it has been in the past. Cool to see community listed as a feature up there with the tech stuff

This and the code modernization is the biggest announcement.

That means future improvements are going to be 2x easier and we’ll see the product mature much quicker in the future.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by russelg »

lynguist wrote: post #79
squarefoot wrote: post #57

If someone asks me to install a Torrent client on a single machine, my favorite would be QBittorrent, however at home I use XigmaNAS' Transmission client extensively, and operate it from other machines in the LAN using the Transgui interface (also available on Windows and MacOS). This allows me to turn off everything but the NAS, which with all RAID disks spun down and a TDP of 15 Watts makes for some good energy sav…

Qbittorrent unfortunately turned into a buggy mess and has no leadership. The github has hundreds of known issues that are not addressed. No qbittorrent client works reliably on Windows or Mac for at least a year or two. It gets hung up scanning downloaded torrents etc.

I run 5+ instances of qBittorrent on my unraid server and have not experienced any of these issues, same on macOS.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by bananamerica »

lynguist wrote: post #79
squarefoot wrote: post #57

If someone asks me to install a Torrent client on a single machine, my favorite would be QBittorrent, however at home I use XigmaNAS' Transmission client extensively, and operate it from other machines in the LAN using the Transgui interface (also available on Windows and MacOS). This allows me to turn off everything but the NAS, which with all RAID disks spun down and a TDP of 15 Watts makes for some good energy sav…

Qbittorrent unfortunately turned into a buggy mess and has no leadership. The github has hundreds of known issues that are not addressed. No qbittorrent client works reliably on Windows or Mac for at least a year or two. It gets hung up scanning downloaded torrents etc.

qbittorrent on Linux has a crazy memory leak that makes it use more than 1gb of memory very fast and possibly. I had to stop using it for quite a few months. I refonwloaded it recently and it wasn't fixed.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by Cyph0n »

pveierland wrote: post #115
captainmuon wrote: post #112

Good to see it being in active development. But the one feature I'm waiting for is a network whitelist. For example, it should never connect over my home or office network, but only via anonymous VPN. (Edit: I know you can do this already with firewall rules, or containers, but I don't trust myself to not make a mistake. Ideally this should be part of the OS. You should be able to right-click somewhere in the window…

This is a plug-and-play solution bundling Transmission and the most common VPN configurations in a Docker container, ensuring that all torrent traffic goes via an active VPN connection. After configuring it, you just run "docker-compose up" and can then access Transmission via its web UI. It could be nice to have this built into the client, but using a container feels safer. https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmis…

I’ve been using this for a while now, and it has been working like a charm!
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