I am happy to (finally) release v0.1.0 of our bittorrent client, Deluge. The client was until now known as gTorrent, but it was changed for a couple of reasons. First, the name gtorrent was already registered on SourceForge.net, by the Gildur Torrent Utilities, which itself included a minimal bittorrent client. Secondly, to negate any predisposition that the client is for the Gnome desktop environment only. Deluge uses python and GTK+, so while it will run best on GTK+ based environments such as Gnome or XFCE, it is also capable of running on other DE’s as well, such as KDE
With the transition to the name Deluge, we have also transitioned to code.google.com as the new home for Deluge. The python backend for the client is also available on Google Code here. In order to install Deluge, first install python-libtorrent: a .deb is available from the project page, otherwise download the source and build it yourself. Deluge v0.1.0 is dependent on python-libtorrent 0.1-1. The client itself is not yet available as a debian package, but I plan on offering one at a later date. For now, download the latest .tar.gz (386 and src are offered, but as the client is written in python, there is really no difference, other than the 386 package includes precompiled .pyc files) and extract it to a directory on your computer. At the moment, deluge is not designed to be installed globally, and instead is designed to be run from a directory underneath your home directory. After extracting, run the program by executing either deluge.py or deluge.pyc (You may need to chmod +x them first).
What to expect in this release:
This is still a very early alpha release, and Deluge is lacking a lot of features. In the static v0.1.0 release, for stability’s sake, we have disabled any features that cause major breakage or that are not implemented yet. Currently, you cannot specify a save directory for torrents (they are all saved to your home directory) nor can you cap your upload or download speed (an important feature, I know, it will be added in SVN builds soon, and should be in the 0.2.0 release). Expect breakage, as this is a work in progress. If you find a bug, please report it at the Deluge Google Code Page.
And that’s that. Feel free to browse on over to our project page and download the current build. The code will be in SVN shortly, and Kripken and I will be back at work adding new features and bugfixes towards our next release.