BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file distribution protocol with a method of distributing vast amounts of data without the control of a middle man. There are many available BitTorrent clients available for use in Kubuntu, however KTorrent is the default application. Other applications available as a BitTorrent client include, but are not limited to, Azureus, BitTornado, BitTorrent and more. Azureus is one of the more popular BitTorrent clients in use today and is created in Java.
KTorrent is a BitTorrent application designed
specifically for KDE. Loaded with features, KTorrent
is a very functional application that is light on the system and fast on the
Internet. To use KTorrent, simply download a
.torrent
file and KTorrent will
automatically recognize the file and start the download. Using
KTorrent is very simple and straight forward.