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Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.

I didn't think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They're both just torrent downloaders.

Holy shit was I wrong. I don't even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don't even understand how.

A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.

Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (4 children)

TIL I'm the only one who says "microtorrent".

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I call it mutorrent

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I always thought that was what everyone said, as that's actually how it's spelled. I wasn't even aware it was called different by some or even most people, although I suppose I shouldn't be surprised as I can imagine many people not knowing the greek alphabet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's kind of weird. Always assumed it as well.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

You're not alone brother. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what is that

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The "u" in uTorrent is actually [greek letter mu](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter)), which as a SI suffix is pronounced "micro" and means one millionth (10^-6)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I did when i first started using it. no idea when i switched to calling it utorrent.