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 | Azureus probes trackers for UDP-capabilities on first scrape/announce now and uses udp instead of http where available
Core | Added option to enforce IP bindings even when the specified interfaces are not available (useful when Azureus should not use certain network interfaces)
Core | Intervene with http seeds if progressive stall imminent
Core | Message user on startup if they have installed Azureus to read-only location
Core | Added dnd status to XML stats
UI | Added option for Open Containing Folder menu action - which may integrate better with non-standard file browsers
UI | Added option for Show Torrent Menu -- Users can now decide to see the Torrent menu in the menubar or not
UI | Fast Renaming (not moving) in the Files tab (click on name column) and Open Torrent dialog (click on dest. name column)
UI | Completed downloaders column
UI | Added start/stop to category menu
UI | Added per-category speed limits
UI | Added per-category option setting
UI | Added multiple-torrent options setting to MyTorrents view
UIv3 | New menu configuration for Vuze and Vuze Advanced UI's
UIv3 | Activity Tab
UIv3 | Vuze Login from client
Plug | Added Network Status plugin to perform some basic network tests
Plug | Allow plugins to specify their minimum JDK requirements
Changes:
Core | Further memory footprint reductions; for additional tweaks see http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Reduce_memory_usage
Core | Reimplemented LT extension protocol code
Core | DND/Compact (aka Delete) priority now deletes all files that do not share pieces with normal/high priority files
Core | Queuing rules now don't start any further torrents if the global up/download speed limits are reached
Core | Made the crypto handshake a bit less predictable
Core | Added support for IPv6 compact announces (client) and udp-multiscrapes (client+server)
Core | Take note of more peer-source selections
Plug | Added support for plugins which implement mainline DHT
Corrected bugs:
Core | Request limiting/Priorities no longer pinch off LAN peers if seperate LAN speeds are enabled
Core | Increase time Azureus holds open listen socket on close to reduce dual-start window
Core | Allow ~ character in tracker addresses to support I2P
Core | Determine app name correctly on OSX so that restart works for renamed apps
UI | Shells no longer use the low-res frog icon, the normal main window icon is now used instead
UI | Limiting comments in General View to 5k characters under WinXP to avoid crashes due to faulty comctl32.dll
UI | Setting speed parameters manually now disables autospeed
Plug | Encode spaces correctly in get-right web seed urls
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.
