I'm making a thread about this because I need to talk about several related things.
TL:DR: qBittorent is acting weird, wiki is not helpful, need alternative.
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So I've been using qBittorrent for a long while now but I've recently noticed a strange behavior. It seems that active torrents, when completed, are still downloading... something, but I don't know what. qB's counters are all at 0 but both Rainmeter and the task manager can see the activity clear as day. So the first question is: is this normal behavior for the client/ for clients in general? Because even though I have an overkill connection (120/30) I'm still seeing some possible slowdowns due to this. I'm also not seeing a single person talking about this on the qB forums so maybe it is normal, but still kind of annoying nonetheless.
So I went hunting for other clients to try. I went to the InstallGentoo recommended software list to check the alternatives (Windows list btw). However, it looks like said list has become not so desirable. Looking at each entry, here are my comments:
Halite - Is only an alpha build and hasn't been updated for 2 years now. Dead?
qBittorent - What I use right now because it was recommended there. Seems to have a strange behavior.
Deluge - NOT accepted on all trackers after a controversy some time ago after it was found this client had an unusually high rate of defective transfers needing to re-download parts more than other p2p clients. Still, considered as possible choice.
Transmission-QT - Dead as dead can be. Sourceforge page gone. Official Transmission lists it as abandoned.
uTorrent 2.2.1 - Completely outdated.
So I went and tried to look for yet another alternative. I want to find a torrent client that is:
A. Windows compatible (don't judge, I need it to game)
B. Open source and free (not as common as you'd think)
C. Still actively supported and updated (again, not that common).
And so, the only other alternative that I managed to find is: FrostWire
Yes. Fucking FrostWire.
I remember using that when Gnutella was still a thing. When they put version 5 out, which dropped the Gnutella network, I dropped the client, as back then I just wasn't using torrents like now.
So the question is, is it good? Hell, is there still another alternative that I missed? And did Deluge ever fix that issue? Because all I have are these two as alternatives to qB.
So anyone got anything?
