Comments on: Azureus is Dead, Vuze Goes Social

By: Kees van kooten

Kees van kooten — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:53:46 +0000

My Asus 1000H works fine with U-torrent and the Pirate Bay. Vuze is just tou bloathed. I have been using Azereus since a couple of years but since June it has turned in to some kind of multi media DRM portal i don't want to have.
I just want to download new episodes of Dexter because you can't see them on Dutch,Belgian,German and English public tv.
I don't want to be annoyed with stuff I don't want or need by some freakin'update.

By: Jet

Jet — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:19:14 +0000

You can turn off the Vuze content layer pretty easily and when it’s off when you upgrade the only thing you notice is that the client is called Vuze. I use the NoVuze jars for the sake of having the old name because I’m anal but the client works fine.

By: sup

sup — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:20:29 +0000

Wow, azereus’ resource consumption was bearable when it was alone, but now it’s complete shit with all the pointless vuze software. And why in the world would I want to make friends over torrents? Im switching to utorrent immediately.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:26:57 +0000

Vuze if a pile of fucking shit. I will be moving to Utorrent very soon to save pc resources

By: misterwackydoodle

misterwackydoodle — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:34:45 +0000

i think their gonna tank, it’s not a good combination. i wanna have my torrents downloading and not pay attention to the client.

why does everyone want to rule the world?

oh those venture capitalists can kiss their millions goodbye. i hope anyway, they deserve it for killing a fine piece of software.

By: amc1

amc1 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:49:11 +0000

@121 – “I suspect that Vuze will be banned from most private trackers within a month.. die Vuze, DIE!”

A month later – has that happened? No.
(Yes, I know no-one is listening to m comment…)

By: Almo!

Almo! — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:08:53 +0000

Wow. I DL Vuze, and it crashes when I open it. Great client.

By: Photonboy

Photonboy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:16:04 +0000

Follow the money. Venture capitalists don’t invest tens of millions of dollars in a project if they don’t expect to get a return on their investment. So where does this money come from? What will they get in return? All of these “social” developments seem more than a bit suspect to me. Myspace, Facebook, now Vuse.. Google the term “total information awareness” I want a client that is quick, light, anonymous & has some good, basic features. I’ll do my socializing over a beer with friends.

By: kuze

kuze — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:06:16 +0000

for those looking for the version of utorrent before Strigeus sold out. You can find it here:

utorrent1.6
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=utorrent

By: djsan

djsan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:22 +0000

can any one suggest me a good torrent client..am nu in this regard..pls help me friends..

By: amc1

amc1 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:08:38 +0000

@bizzybot – thanks for the comments. :)

I’ve written this page on the Wiki – I hope that it makes it more obvious how to get the “old” Azureus back. They say – a picture is worth a thousand words…

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/The_Azureus_Experience

By: bizzyb0t

bizzyb0t — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:01:31 +0000

I, for one, welcome our new Vuze overlords.

But in all seriousness. I’m on a Mac these days. I’m *thankful* that there’s a decent client like Azu– Vuze for us to use. I’ve been using the “classic” interface since day one. I’ll keep using it as long as I can continue using the 2.x interface. If they take away the option to use the classic interface, it’s getting uninstalled though.

I’d hate to have to install Windows on my Mac to use Âµtorrent. I used Âµtorrent on my PC because it was so light on resources and my PC was slow and Java brought it to it’s knees. On my Mac though, Vuze works swiftly and the latest updates have been smooth as buttermilk cream.

@ amc1,
I’m embarrassed at the other idiots in the torrent community. I’m amazed that these 4ssholes are able to use the fracking internet, much less install torrents. Some of these guys are the same dummies who ask in torrent comments how to play RAR files in Windows Media Player.

By: Ungratetful Motherfuckers!!...

Ungratetful Motherfuckers!!... — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:09:20 +0000

I can’t believe people are so fucking lazy and so ungrateful… Why are you crying for some 100Mb of memory, 2 Gigs of memory is enough to handle anything, and if you can’t afford that then your a fucking BUM!!. I mean if developers/ex developers of Azureus have done intense work for “FREE” to bring you a solution so you can fucking download anything you want for 5 fucking years!, then don’t you think it will be grateful to use Vuze or at least install and use the classic UI then, so you can still fucking download things for free from the work of others?….

Will you develop and update a software for your neighbors for free for 5 years??….

Jesuss!!.. like if it ware some kind BSOD bug or something!.

PS: “I’m really starting to believe those conspiracy theorist that the population is being dumbed down”

I’m Comp-TIA A+ Certified
Network + Certified, so bring it on you smart asses!!.

By: pissed off redneck

pissed off redneck — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:07:46 +0000

i’ll switch to utorrent when i vuze breaks or i reformat. dumb idea changing the name and adding all that vuze crap in the first place but im too lazy to switch right now :)

By: JustSayNoToV_ze

JustSayNoToV_ze — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:09:50 +0000

http://rapidshare.de/files/39822270/azureusNOTv_ze-3100.jar.7z.html

By: Deluge-hater

Deluge-hater — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:15:03 +0000

Yeah, Deluge? Right. Deluge is well…deluged with bugs. It works for some, but many have the dreaded “not enough space” error.

And come on, people. Vuze comes with the UI chooser, in which it says “use classic – will not load Vuze application layer”. What more do you want?

By: oink oink

oink oink — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:20:01 +0000

i fired up the ‘ol blue frog after a long hiatus and got notices sayin that the core needs updating — so i said what the heck and ok — but then i remembered the adage if it aint broke, don’t feck wit it

but so far, i am happy to report it looks and works the same as b4, so i don’t understand the hullabaloo about the vuze transition — nice froggy

By: amc1

amc1 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:06 +0000

tortoise – why are you so lazy reading my comments? How many times do I have to say that I DON’T USE THE VUZE STUFF MYSELF? Show me where I’ve said that I think any of the Vuze stuff is cool.

And it’s not closed source. What’s closed about it? You can run both the old and new interface from the source code on Sourceforge.

Oh, and the whole Vuze side of things allow some of the developers who’ve been volunteering their time for free over the years to actually make a living. They also get time to improve the core and the old interface too.

So – generally speaking – as an old interface user myself, the only Vuze things that I have to put up with are (1) the fact the program name has changed, and (2) the fact that I have to use the UI switcher once when installing the program to get to the old interface. And that’s it – I can carry on just as before.

And that’s it. If that’s an attempt at “fuck-the-community”, it’d be a pretty rubbish one.

Oh, and I don’t know what’s so magic about 2.5.0.4 – that’s got Vuze code in it (or Zudeo as it was known then – look in the JAR file, there’s a file called zudeo_logo.png in there).

Not sure what the difference is between you using 2.5.0.4 with the old interface (which has got Vuze code in it, but it isn’t loaded) and me using 3.1 with the old interface (which has got Vuze code in it, but it isn’t loaded). Maybe it’s a fear of the number three.

By: tortoise

tortoise — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:29:10 +0000

So here I am, happily using Azureus 2.5.0.4, when I happen to mention it to my friend who lives in Windoze-land. And he’s like, ‘isn’t that the old name for Vuze?’ So I go and check out the Vuze website, and my very first thought is: “What is this kiddie-pr0n graphical gimicky web-two-point-ohh myface crap?” Followed shortly by my second thought: “Shit, they’ve sold out to the RIAA.”

The more I’ve researched it, the more it does look like a sell-out. Not surprising that it’s no longer open source (don’t ever say ‘not fully open source’ — if part of it is closed, then it’s NOT open).

@amc1: Why do you spend so much time trying to convince people, who think Vuze sucks ass, that in fact it’s really cool? Are you paid by the company? Do you *want* to be paid by the company? Did you personally write some of the Vuze myface gimmickry? Yes, dude, I have heard a dozen times about the UI-switcher. I don’t care. It’s not just the gui — it’s the whole selling-out fuck-the-community thing.

It’s a shame what’s been done to Azureus. It was a good client when run on a system w/ adequate resources to support Java apps comfortably. Vuze sucks my neighbor’s dog’s ass. I eagerly await peter84peter’s NoVuze + stripped Java release.

By: TERMINUS

TERMINUS — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:23:20 +0000

Who care anyway? I use classic UI. Already seeding at full speed.

I have been uploaded more than 80++GB when I start using Azureus Vuze.

The main reason I use Azureus is the powerful protocol encryption. Plus, I2P & Tor Network supported.

My total seeding ratio is 3.589 for more than 50++ torrents.

You see Vuze is still superb like Azureus. My internet connection only DSL 512Kbps Down & 256Kbps Up.