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Selecting a torrent client suitable for you
After using almost N number of Bittorrent clients, I thought why not spread the experience around. Lets place around 4 clients in the list, which are really worth a try.
1) Azereus
Ok this client is good, downloads/uploads file control is good. But the Major problem this is Java Based! So you gonna need good amount of RAM if you want to keep the client running long with your normal applications also in use. Out of 5 Stars I would give it say 3.5
2) BitComet
This is a much lighter client, nice control over files speeds. Everything was good until Bitcomet is being banned my Major Big Torrent Sites. Mostly private trackers which we normally use for sharing using Torrents. The reason for which is that Bitcomet put some code to exploid Super-seeding. I am not too sure with the details of it. I am sure it is available on the net in plenty. So if you want to use this, use it at your own Risk since even if the file is available for download you might not be able to download it since your client might be banned!! Rating: Lets give this 2.5 on 5. If not banned I would have given this one a 4 rating.
3) Bittornado
Now this is one program which you might have not even heard of. This is one of the earliest softwares developed to use torrents. First this was just available on command line mode I think, but now it has a simple GUI. Here every file opens up with a seperate instance of the program. So control is on every torrent rather then all the torrents grouped under one big program. It is written in Perl so it’s quiet platform independent. Usage wise, laymen would be adviced not to venture out on this, you might find it a little bit too confusing!! Speeds are decent. Recommended for standalone machines, cause multiple instances might just eat up all the available memory on hand. Rating: 3 on 5
4) utorrent
This is a relatively new client in the market, it’s very light to use and has all the controls and other client has. I think the latest version is under the 1 mb mark. So that makes it one of the lightest clients and also one of the easiest to use clients. Download speeds are good, not faced a problem till date. Rating: 4.5 on 5 These are just for starters till I decide to test a few clients thoroughly! BTW all the clients above have been tested for at least 20 days at a stretch with at least 30-40 GB of data up and down each
Free replacement for Nero Burning Rom
I am sure most of us have actually used Nero some point of town. May be as OEM software with a drive you purchased or a trial version and most of us have actually loved the software itself.
But I don’t think so the cost of any software should be so steep and every release you have to buy a newer version. So people who like the simple usability of Nero Burning Rom and are looking for a cheaper or even a free solution for Nero this is the right post.
After searching and trying out so many free and paid CD/DVD Burning softwares I finally liked the Free CD Burner XP software. It’s GUI is very simple to use just like Nero Burning Rom and the software is small. The current version [4.1.2.694] is just 2.83Mb which is nothing compared to Nero and using this you can create all your Basic Discs including Data, Music, MP3, Photos and even burn images!!
So if you really want to use an easy to use and a free CD/DVD Burning software go to http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download
Hopefully they continue to keep the software free and btw they have an amazing forum to help you out with all queries and provide you with all the tutorials you would ever need located at http://forum.cdburnerxp.se/
No more Alcohol 120 and Daemon tools, use Microsoft CD/DVD Emulator
I had to mention this amazing free cd emulator controller provided by Microsoft located here
This is such a cool software with size under 60kb, just unzip the file to the location you want and run the exe file in it.
Now you can add any number of drives you want and mount all the image files you want. The best part it’s free and fast.
Only limitation is that it does not work with Vista and thereĀ is no support for this.
But it’s way lighter and faster then any of the other supposed “free” emulators.