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I am using Deluge BitTorrent Client in Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS for handling torrents. I wanted uTorrent Desktop Client (like uTorrent for Windows); I searched couple of times but only found this way of installing the uTorrent server. Am I correct to assume that there is no uTorrent Desktop Client available for Ubuntu (post-14.04 releases included)?

Edit: if so, why? Does the Linux environment not allow it OR the developers didn't make it?

Nilesh Kumar
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That's right, there's no µTorrent desktop client for GNU/Linux. (see the official download page)

Alternatives are to use a Wine environment to run µTorrent for Windows or a native Torrent client like Transmission or Deluge. More clients are available through the Software Center with the search term "torrent".

David Foerster
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Transmission has the best GUI, but it is a little low on options. For linux I would suggest ktorrent which with the media player plugins allows for sequential downloads: i.e. watching videos before they complete the download (non copyright ones offcourse). Even µTorrent only does this for paying users.

Both allow you to select individual files - see here for Transmission(but be aware that the file will download with the sector it is in - so you might get more than just that file).

p.s. QBittorrent also does that- So i would also recommend it.

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John ingmar
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You may be able to download seperate file in a torrent. Open Transmission, click on the torrent, go to the Properties tab and choose only the file (files) you want. If the uploader did their job correctly, the majority do, the torrent should not be only one file but an amalgamation of seperate, smaller, files. But, if you have the bandwidth to spare, do everyone a favor and download everything so you can be a node.

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