Linux

qbittorrent.

Just use qbittorrent

I use qBitorrent with no VPN because my ISP don't give a fuck of what I'm doing with their data

I use qbittorent through Mullvad using Gluetun as qbt is running in docker.

DHT and PEX don't seem to work though, I did brief research and it seemed related to mullvad no longer allowing port forwarding? I don't know enough about how it works but I tried messing with it for several hours a couple days ago to no avail, only trackers appear to work for connecting to other peers.

On a headless Ubuntu LXC running in proxmox, I just access the qbt interface via its Web portal.

qbittorrent

KTorrent (KDE) or Transmission (GNOME).

GNOME is the default on Ubuntu, Fedora and lots more. KDE is default on OpenSUSE, KDE Neon and Kubuntu.

Generally most people get recommended to start their Linux journey with Mint as it is noob friendly (while still having full functionality) other options to consider would be popOS Ubuntu & Fedora.

qBittorrent is the most recommended I've seen, although I use transmission.

Transmission. Simple, fast, efficient.

rtorrent for me.

qbittorrent + mullvadvpn

Honestly, whatever floats your boat. There are many good options here, just try all and use the one you liked most. Or just go and pick one, or use the one that comes pre-installed in your distro.

Recommended ones:

• qbittorrent (my favourite as for many other in the comments)
• Transmission
• Deluge
• rtorrent (great if you run a headless server)

Asus WRT Router > Proton VPN

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ProxMox EV

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Debian 12 Headless VM

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Docker Compose

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Docker Engine

• Unbound
• Pihole
• Prowlarr (for indexers)
• Radarr
• Sonarr
• Lidarr
• Readarr
• 4 Instances of QBit for each ‘Arr
• Jellyfin
• Jellyseerr
• Traefik for SSL/TLS
• Homepage

Kind of a crude way of putting my setup but I think it gets the point across.

I torrent a lot on Linux and use Qbittorrent. Surfshark has a great VPN on Linux.

If you want to get into it then Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr and nzb360 ($10) with Jellyfin is a great stack to manage your library but needs a bit of work to set up. You can then use the phone to download and search and watch it with an android TV app.

I had some issues setting it up with a ublue fedora immutable distro which are pretty non-existent on most standard distros.

Mullvad + Transmission

I would also look in to I2P. Their are a few clients that support it like qbittorrent.

You can torrent easily on Linux using any distro and any client.

It's very unlikely you'll have any issues.

I use BiglyBt on Debian. I use BiglyBt because I previously used Vuze, and I used Vuze because I previously used Azureus. I don't really remember why I went with Azureus originally, but it may have just been because it was popular at that time.

I get the impression most people use other bittorrent clients nowadays, but BiglyBt does what I need it to do. I never really used any of the "advanced" features of Vuze myself, pretty much only using it for torrents.

Linux Mint OS, QBitTorrent for the client, Proton VPN for the VPN with qBitTorrent bound to only that interface and port to ensure no IP leaks.

Works Awesome.

I use i2p for torrents exclusively. It's slow but totally private so I can seed without needing to mess about with a VPN.

There is a slightly smaller community but the people on there have similar tastes to me: linux textbooks, GOG games, jazz albums, etc.

Mullvad all the way