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So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.

I didn't think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They're both just torrent downloaders.

Holy shit was I wrong. I don't even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don't even understand how.

A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.

Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?

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[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I tried grabbing Qbit and all I could find was malware. I used to be so so good at navigating all this stuff and stopped to stream for a little. ☹️

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Spearman3618@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

flatpak install org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] overkill@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago
home.packages = with pkgs; [
  # ...
  qbittorrent
];
[–] ardi60@reddthat.com 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

winget install --id=qBittorrent.qBittorrent -e

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Scoop install qbittorrent

choco install qbittorrent

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn’t sound like you were looking in the right places

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The best executables with malware actually perform the function you expect them to.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

You're not wrong but that's not the point here. QBittorrent doesn’t have malware which means they got it from the wrong source.

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How tf you managed that I will never ever understand......

[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I am not a clever man.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

The official website with downloads is the first hit on Google...

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

yay qbittorrent

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 10 months ago

Emerge -v qbittorrent

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What OS do you have? If Windows, it is available in the Microsoft store.

[–] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

Let's be real, that's the last place anyone would look for a torrent client