BitTorrent Clients

BitTorrent™ is a peer-to-peer file distribution protocol for distributing large amounts of data without centralized control. There are several BitTorrent™ clients available for use in Kubuntu™; KTorrent is the default application. Other open source BitTorrent™ clients include Azureus, BitTornado, and BitTorrent™ itself. Java™-based Azureus is one of the more popular BitTorrent™ clients.

KTorrent

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KTorrent is a BitTorrent™ application designed specifically for KDE™. Loaded with features, KTorrent is a well-designed application that is light on the system and fast on the internet. To use KTorrent, simply download a .torrent file. KTorrent will automatically recognize the file and start the download. Using KTorrent is simple and straightforward.