Website: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ Software Provider: Azureus Development Team Current Version: Azureus Vuze 4.0.0.2 Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista License: Freeware Learn More...
Core | New users default save directory is now located in their My Documents directory, under Azureus Downloads
Core | Show alerts raised during closedown on next start as these often don't get displayed due to UI shutdown
Core | Allow plugin installs to place jars into the plugin-shared shared/lib directory
Plug | Unsafe config read/writing
Plug | Plugins can now open and close download bars
Changes:
Core | Added scrape delay for stopped/errored torrents, and torrents with high share ratios
Core | Allow only one active scrape for each tracker
Core | Release piece-map when not required
Core | ASN lookup via DNS queries only
Core | Full recheck of torrent when part of torrent fails hash check on completion
Core | Take note of banned IPs when we have IP filter turned off - these are independent
Core | Disable download peer caching for private torrents
Core | Disconnect currently connected peers on tracker URL change for private torrents
Core | Remove unused download/upload specific stats from version-check message
Core | Include IP override in NAT check message for NAT check server to use
Plug | Timeout UPnP port releases during closedown to prevent Azureus hanging
Corrected bugs:
Core | Fix choke/unchoke cycle bug for lan local peers
Core | Fix auto moving torrent data with DND files
Core | Fix NPE causing XML stats not to be written
UI | Fix crash when opening non-torrent URL when OS has no recognized HTML viewer
UI | Fix big icon in name column for OSes using GTK
UI | Make Download Basket work again for drag and dropping
About:
Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client, with support for I2P and Tor anonymous communication protocols. It currently supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix. Azureus was started at Sourceforge.net mostly to experiment with the Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse, in June 2003. It is possibly the most popular of all BitTorrent clients.
Azureus allows the user to download multiple files in a single graphical user interface (GUI). The program also features detailed statistics and a large number of user-configurable settings. While downloading a torrent, the user can view many different statistics.
Azureus Features:
Multiple torrent downloads
Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
Advanced seeding rules
Adjustable disk cache
Only uses one port for all the torrents
UPnP sets the forward on your router
Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
Fast resume
Can set a default download dir and move completed files
Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
Highly customizable interface
IRC plugin included for quick help
Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)...
Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline.
