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Azureus 2.5.0.4 in combination with Java 1.4.2 Blackdown Java-Linux is the best BitTorrent application I have come across on the KDE/Linux x86_64/amd64 Desktop so far, even since its release in 2006. Downloading an single occasional torrent is not too hard to handle with your average BitTorrent client, but when you have a whole range of torrentz for download, only Azureus 2.5.0.4 will keep things manageable. In particular with used memory and bandwidth. Sadly enough Azureus is "no more" as the project has been taken over and renamed as "Vuze" at http://www.vuze.com/app as a "Content Finder". Well I know where to find my popular torrentz, I only need a lean mean Torrent engine to get the job done. Azureus 2.5.0.4 is still to be beaten with such a task. If you fire up Azureus it will ask you to install the "Updates". Well as Azureus is "no more" the only valid action is of course to push the [CANCEL] button and start using Azureus 2.5.0.4. All Azureus versions can of course be downloaded from Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=84122. I however created my own edition which has the old azplugins_2.1.4.jar update already added. I called it Azureus_2.5.0.4v2_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 and Azureus_2.5.0.4v2_linux.tar.bz2 inside the downloads. The windows edition Azureus_2.5.0.4a_Win32.setup.exe has already azplugins_2.1.4.jar inside. Why would i run such a oldie version of Azureus then? Well rather simple : Azureus 2.5.0.4 is fully open source and is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) v2 where the 'Vuze' editions explicitly are not. Installation : 1. make sure j2re-1.4.2 for AMD64/X86_64 is installed on your Linux Desktop. For Mandrake 10.1 i use j2re-1.4.2-9mdk.x86_64.rpm See the downloads above. 2. Get Azureus_2.5.0.4v2_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 and unpack it in a directory, like say $HOME/bt with the command : [jackson:stock]:(~/bt)$ tar xvjf Azureus_2.5.0.4v2_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 azureus/ azureus/azureus azureus/Azureus.png azureus/Azureus.torrent.png azureus/Azureus2.jar azureus/ChangeLog.txt azureus/License.txt azureus/plugins/ azureus/plugins/azplugins/ azureus/plugins/azplugins/azplugins_2.1.3.jar azureus/plugins/azplugins/azplugins_2.1.4.jar azureus/plugins/azrating/ azureus/plugins/azrating/azrating_1.3.1.jar azureus/plugins/azupdater/ azureus/plugins/azupdater/Updater.jar azureus/plugins/azupdater/azupdaterpatcher_1.8.3.jar azureus/plugins/azupdater/plugin.properties azureus/README.txt azureus/swt-about.html azureus/swt.jar [jackson:stock]:(~/bt)$ 3. next start Azureus : [jackson:stock]:(~/bt/azureus)$ ./azureus |
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