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deluge torrent 1.20 rc1

Deluge Torrent has became my favourite BitTorrent client ever since Ubuntu Hardy Heron and I've been using it ever since. Most Linux users have heard of it, but I bet some Windows and Mac OSX users aren't aware that Deluge also works on those 2 platforms, not just Linux. Deluge is basically the uTorrent of Linux but it's quite a competitor for uTorrent on Windows too, bringing some of uTorrent features with some improvements and new features.


Deluge 1.2.0 Release Candidate 1 brings some very interesting improvements, such as a "True" Classic Mode where there is no longer a separate daemon process, tracker icons to the Tracker column, ability to rename files prior to adding them, 2 new plugins: extractor which automatically extracts downloaded torrents, and scheduler plugin, plus lots of other improvements / bug fixes.

A complete changelog can be found HERE.

Download Deluge-Torrent for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.

Ubuntu users -> add the following repository:

Jaunty:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 249AD24C

Karmic:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team


For both:

-If you are upgrading from an older Deluge version:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

-If you are installing Deluge for the first time:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install deluge