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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:51:49AM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> Paul (gyoza@comcast.net) had this to say on 10/07/04 at 18:08:
> > Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> >
> > >On Oct 7, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Art Alexion wrote:
> > >
> > >>I tried to install a bitorrent client but couldn't get it to work.
> > >>Any recommendations/suggestions? (Am using gtk 1.x if that matters)
> > >
> > >
> > >BitTorrent from the package rarely (if ever) works. Its structured in
> > >such a way that it needs its libraries to be right where they are in
> > >the Bram Cohen tarball. Just download the tarball of the latest
> > >version from http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/ and untar it in your ~
> > >somewhere and use that. That's about all you're going to be able to
> > >do. I've tried to install the package on RH, Gentoo and Debian and
> > >they all failed. I'm beginning to think that there is no testing of
> > >that package ever.
> > >
> > The official basic client sucks under Linux and Windows. Maybe more so
> > under Windows. (I use ABC with XP.)
>
> Use Azureus. Runs under Java, and works beautifully, under both Linux and
> Windows. I use it constantly, for downloading live concerts.
Does it work through a firewall? I tried this several months ago (back
before my hard drive crash) and it complained. If I recall, it was
the firewall that was the issue.
Eric
--
# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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