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[Michalis]

Transmission is a BitTorrent client


5 pets available.
The first 2 need to install libevent version 2.0.11
The next 2 are build with libevent statically linked, so you don't have to install libevent.
In the last one pet are the locales.

All files compiled under puppy 4.3.1 and will work from 4.3.1 and all the later puppies.

1. Transmission-2.31-i486.pet is the full program without the locales.

2. Transmission-2.31-i486-small.pet is a cut-down version with only the basic program.


3. Transmission-2.31-i486-static.pet is the full program without the locales and with libevent statically linked.

4. Transmission-2.31-i486-small-static.pet is a cut-down version with only the basic program and with libevent statically linked.


5. Transmission_NLS-2.31-i486.pet is the package with all the locales (translations).




Thanks to ttuuxxx:
in order to have the option in Firefox and Seamonkey to automatically open the torrent in Transmission you have to go to:
/etc/mailcap
open it and add the line:
application/x-bittorrent; /usr/bin/transmission-gtk "$@"

[Lobster]

Michalis
Many thanks
Which one do you think is best for Deep Thought?

[magerlab]

i think transmission needs testing
i can use only 1.22 in puppy 4.1.2 because newer versions seg fault
i hope this one will work fine

[Michalis]

[Michalis]

update to version 1.51 look at the first post.


What's new (according to the site):

All Platforms
Fix configure script issues with non-gcc compilers and user-defined CFLAGS environment variables
Decrease CPU usage in some situations
Close a rare race condition on startup
More efficient use of libcurl when curl 7.18.0 or newer is present

GTK+
Play nicely with Ubuntu's new notification server
Add Pause All and Resume All buttons

Web Client
Support for Internet Explorer
Layout fixes when viewed on an iPhone/iPod touch

[brad_chuck]

Thanks for the pet.

worked great for me in 4.1.2.

[panzerpuppy]

Transmission 1.5.2 is out.

[Michalis]

Thank you brad_chuck for the feedback-support, happy that works to you and thank you panzerpuppy for the info hadn't notice it



So update to version 1.52 look at the first post.


What's new (according to the site):

GTK+ and Daemon:
Always honor the XDG setting for the download directory

GTK+:
Fix formatting error when showing speeds measured in MB/s
Fix bug that caused some scheduled speed limit time settings to be lost
Use the new blocklist URL when updating the blocklist

Web Client:
On the server, better filtering of bad URLs
On the server, faster json serialization
Fix "Remove Data" bug
Fix minor web client 301 redirect error
Better Internet Explorer support

[panzerpuppy]

Transmission 1.60 Beta1 is out.

Lots of goodies:

* Random port, with optional randomization on startup
* Transfer prioritization
* Option to specify if transfers are included in the global bandwidth limits
* Updated UPnP code
* Speed Limit: Second set of bandwidth limits that can be toggled or scheduled
* Show the file icon in the list
* Allow sorting of the torrent list by size and by ETA
* Properties dialog now lets you edit/view multiple torrents at once

[panzerpuppy]

Thanks for the package,MIchalis. Works like a charm.

Even though it's a beta,it has less bugs than the "stable" 1.52 release.

Gotta love the port randomizer and the improved speed limiter.

[panzerpuppy]

1.60 Final released.

Changes form 1.60 Beta1 :

* None

(LOL)


Transmission is a lovely BT client for Linux that gets better and better with each release. But Its featureset is still a far cry from what we're used to have with the *old, outdated* uTorrent 1.6 for Windows.

Transmission neds at least these features::

[Michalis]

New features:

- All Platforms
+ Seed ratio limiting
+ Transfer prioritization
+ Option to specify if transfers are included in the global bandwidth limits
+ Random port, with optional randomization on startup
+ Improvements to UPnP port forwarding
+ Support for file preallocation on XFS filesystems

- Qt
+ New beta Qt client!

- GTK+
+ Speed Limit: Second set of bandwidth limits that can be toggled or scheduled
+ Properties dialog now lets you edit/view multiple torrents at once
+ Allow sorting of the torrent list by size and by ETA
+ Show the file icon in the list

- Daemon
+ Watch folder for auto-adding torrents
+ Many new features in the RPC/JSON interface
+ Allow users to specify a specific address when listening for peers

- Web Client
+ File selection and prioritization
+ Add option to verify local data
+ Fix "Remove Data" bug

[Michalis]

What's new:

All Platforms
Close potential CSRF security hole for Web Client users
Fix locale error in the JSON parser

Qt
Various small bugfixes to the beta Qt client

Daemon
transmission-remote was unable to select torrents by their SHA1 hash

Web Client
Fix 1.60 error when serving Web Client files on some embedded
Add response header to allow clients to cache static files

[panzerpuppy]

The next release (1.70) is going to be big - DHT support and lower CPU / bandwidth usage

[Michalis]

Althougth I know that you are not reafering to size rather than the progress of transmission, something else is bothering me lately.

Transmission is very good and with many features but unfortunately is getting bigger and bigger with every release, so sooner or later maybe will have to search for another torrent client and keep transmission as add on pet only. In a sub 100 mb distro I don't think that we can afford the size of transmission anymore. For that reason next time I will make an additional compile with few less features and striped so as to get the least possible size and see if it will have any significant difference.