Bragi Ólafsson

Azureus is a customer BitTorrent Open source writes in Java and famous for the user-friendliness of its interface. It supports the anonymous communication protocols I2P and Tor, and currently functions under Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix.

Functionalities

Azureus makes it possible the user to download many files in a single graphical interface user (GUI). The program also comprises detailed options, information and tools of configuration. By downloading a torrent, one can see:

  • which files were downloaded

  • which percentage of each part and each file is still necessary, the number of parts and their availability
  • of which one downloads, their speeds of respective remote loading and sending, them Adresse IP, their customer and other options if one is " Super-Seeding" (literally " Super envoyeur")
  • its speed of sending and remote loading, time remaining for the reception, and of information relating to the file and the tracker.

Azureus makes it possible its users to specify a speed of sending and maximum reception and is configurable like many other customers. Moreover, this software can to function as tracker in itself (the waiter which manages the traffic BitTorrent), allowing the users to divide their own files without sending it to any site. The functionalities of Azureus can be widened thanks to a great number of plugins, one of most popular being Country Locator.

The icon of the program is an arboricolous frog blue or “frogs with arrows” ( Dendrobates azureus ), posted on the Web page of Azureus and the screen of starting of the program, which undoubtedly gave its name to the project.

The version 2.3.0.0 d' Azureus introduces the basic function of data distributed, which is an extension of the protocol Bittorrent, making it more independent of the trackers. This allows that a torrent whose tracker is very slow or decree continuous to obtain information on the pars and if required to download at other pars having Azureus 2.3.0.0 or superior.

Popularity

Azureus is used by a very great number of people (almost 1,5 million users!), at the same time. The program in addition gives an estimate of the number of " clients" (people downloading one or more files) connected to the database. It is thus very easy to find of the assistance in the event of problem. This help is available on IRC and a forum. A site using MediaWiki is available as a bank of knowledge making it possible to answer the problems and the most widespread questions.

Modularity

Written in java, it is naturally multi-platforms, which avoids having to change all its practices as soon as one changes Operating system - for example in the case of a double installation Windows/Linux.

The system of Plugin S allows a great modularity.

Lastly, for the amateurs of Widget (Mac Os X.4) it is possible to have a control of Azureus since the dashboard. This operation can be carried out since the computer where is installed Azureus or since another computer by the means of Internet.

Heaviness

Its slowness and its very strong consumption in resources system can be crippling, particularly for the owners of not very powerful computers. Even if this program is famous for its slowness, the majority of the bugs which were raised on the platform were solved by the constant updates.

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External bonds

  • Official site
  • Wiki Azureus

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