Azureus is horrid....it's a massively slow, memory-leaking piece of crap. Mind you, so was Limewire for Gnutella, until someone re-coded it into Acquisition, which is a lovely app.

I just use the Bittorrent program...works fine and has all the important features.

I don't think you can blame the memory leaks on Azureus. I would probably pin them on the underlying Java machine rather than the Azureus code itself.

Used BitTorrent, Tomato Torrent and now Azureus. Azureus is the pick of the bunch for me. I was not convinced at first (and the hideous GUI doesn't help). To use Azureus effectively takes a bit of research however (did for me anyway). The downside is that Azureus is a resource hog. If you are on a low-end mac you will not be able to use your machine, in any meaningful way, while it is active for anything else. My solution is to abandon one machine to deal with Azureus although many people do not have the luxury of multiple machines so this will not be for everyone. If you have one low-end mac use the standard BT client or Tomato torrent.

kim

Using Azureus on a iMac 333 with 256MB RAM here, without too many dramas.

And I'm still not able to understand the issue everyone has with the GUI. There are certainly tonnes of options, but that's a good thing (or at least I think so when it comes to something as tweakable as torrent technology).

For instance, I have Azureus monitor a folder on my system and check for any new .torrent file found in it every 5 minutes. New torrents are then started. I can save .torrent files from any machine in my house (windows/linux too) to my Mac and even from machines at work over VPN tunnels!

Then, and torrents that are completed get moved to a separate folder, so I'm not constantly searching for what has finished and what can be accessed.

Azureus is feature packed. If you only use it for one file a month, then it certainly isn't your cup of tea. I personally get a great deal of my open source software via torrents (for myself aswell as clients), and as such the vast array of features are increadibly useful.

But then again, as I keep saying I've used GUIs and non-GUIs that are far more hideous in my time (anyone here use nessus? ). Azureus is a walk in the park after some of the more complex UNIX stuff out there.

I have been using Bit Torrent - but now it isn't compatible with Tiger... I tried Azureus... but keep getting NAT error????

Tomato seems very simple... and would love to sort out this NAT error.
I am on a PB, via an Airport Express, to a NETCOMM 1300 + 4.

Tried working out the FAQ, and help pages but couldn't find a simple english list of directions that made sense! Can anyone help me out? It seems Bit Torrent worked fine - and I generally got rate speeds (I'm in 1500-256) but Azureus doesn't seem to like my setup?!

Tried playing with sessions, and IP address in the modem / router one line setup page... to no avail. I have Port Forwarding already done.

Appreciate any assistance.

Tomato works fine and is less memory intensive. Play with the options once a download starts and you'll see you have a fair bit of power to control downloads and uploads etc. I wish Apple would put all their new HD stuff on torents to improve speeds getting them.

I don't see what's wrong with the official BitTorrent client for Mac. It's been reworked from v3 and now looks and works a hell of a lot better. I can't stand Azureus, makes my machine crawl and has the ability to freeze without warning at the worst possible time.

Also interested in the BitsOnWheels project...the 3d swarm thing is kinda neat. Still in development though, so has the inability to connect to some trackers..

I agree - Bits on wheels is excellent

http://www.bitsonwheels.com/

I was disappointed to see Bit Torrent didn't.
Seems this one works fine in Tiger.... and I it seems I'm not having the NAT / speed problems I encountered with Azureus either!

Thanks for the link!

Its native, not Java based.

Well Bits on Wheels does seem to be working - but the download speeds are no where near what I"m used to! I've had a quick look over at their Forums / Support pages to no avail. At least it is working I guess - but speeds hover between 4- 15 with a max occasionally of 30....
(I'm on 1500/256).

Azareus has always worked great for me! Leave it on overnight and wake up to enjoy whatever I've selected - no worries, no fuss.

Pity I can't keep up the share ratio and all the good sites keep booting me off. And those invites are freakin hard to get!

I use the standard BitTorrent client which works fine for my one file per week. I've also used it for http://2005.sxsw.com/geekout/fest4pod/ which is a free and legal download of 750 MP3s from bands playing at a recent festival in the US. At 2.6GB it's the perfect method of distribution for this technology.

I"m back with BitTorrent after they updated it for Tiger.
Much better speeds.

I use the official BitTorrent client on my powerbook and Azureus on my old PC (turned media server). I have an Azureus add-on that lets me configure it from the browser on my powerbook.

Torrents get saved in the shared folder that is always accessible. With a powerbook I've found torrents impossible (always is put to sleep, moved or it simply gets way too hot with that kind of disk activity!). I don't like to leech off communities so that's another strike against using my powerbook. Eg right now I'm downloading a fan made starwars film being distributed by the makers on torrents. (Ah the joy of random google searches and blogs to find stuff you didn't know you wanted). I wouldn't want and leech and run with that so my PCs downloading it right now. Afterwards I'll use Toast to burn it to dvd on my powerbook over wireless.

I have to say - I love Toast (the burning software, not the food). Being able to burn dvds on my powerbook streamed wirelessly from my PC saves me so many headaches. Especially when I recently backed up and wiped my PC (was so full of junk it was ridiculous).