Lóránd Somogyi

Today is a great day! New release of Ubuntu is here!

Version 9.04 named Jaunty Jackalope is here. Go to getubuntu and fetch it while it’s hot.

This is a good moment to remember myself why I love Ubuntu:

• No viruses, ad-ware, X-ware (you name it)
• Stable, fast, pretty, neat, user-friendly, open, diversified, complete, easy, free, …
• Great for office, music, photo, art, software development, Internet, collaboration, …
• Great community, helpful people – support I’ve always dreamed about
• …

I could go on… but this is more than enough.

Great job! Thanks to You, as we all made this happen! And of course special hug to Ubuntu Team!

p.s.: Yes, sometimes I criticize Ubuntu, but that is just because I believe it can be better, nicer, more user-friendly, etc.. In those cases please do not misunderstand me, I love Ubuntu, I love Linux, I love OpenSource!

Occasionally I use bittorent, and I really liked Azureus (or Vuze). But they switched attitude.

Azureus: A nice application, with lot a features. Built on Eclipse platform, – a model of how great is Eclipse RCP. I’ve been using it since about version 3.x, – about 2 yrs or more. It was one of my first torrent client. But things change. Licensing changed, interface changed, and now you could occasionally get an annoying pop-up calling for donation, – check Wikipedia on Vuze for details. I dislike this kind of attitude, and I started to search for a new client.

Under Ubuntu Transmssion would be a natural choice. But Transmission had a slow bootup, and freezed from time to time for a half minute or more. Then I decided to search for other free, featureful torrent client. I check wikipedia as usually, and after few hours of evaluations, I choose my new bittorent client: Deluge.

Deluge is really nice. Fancy, easy to use interface, with all the stuff I need: It has uPnP support, so no router hacking, has support for moving finished stuff to a new location, etc.. If you are also disappointed with Vuze consider Deluge!

There is only one thing I’m missing: the search. – Vuze/Azureus get that rigth, in my oppinion.

To be honest, I was hopping that Vuze will provide service-on-demand, pay-per-view (download), but that did not happened.