qBittorrent 4.2.2 is here and these are its most outstanding news

Yesterday the launch of the new version was presented popular cross-platform P2P client software "qBittorrent 4.2.2”In which various changes and novelties are presented and above all a large list of bug fixes.

For those unaware of qBittorrent they should know that is a cross-platform P2P client, free and open source, is built on top of C ++ and python, this program is built by people around the world who help with its maintenance.

Within of the main characteristics from qBittorrent that we can highlight is that we find that we can have control over trackers, has an integrated motor of torrent searchIt also has a bandwidth planner, allows the creation of torrent files and we cannot forget that it also has remote control through a secure web interface.

What's new in qBittorrent 4.2.2?

In the announcement the developers mention that the Windows users should pay close attention to where they download the application installer as they found that there is a "qBittorrent" application in the Windows Store that is paid.

This is not an official release nor does it come from us. The person posting it does not have permission to use the qBittorrent name / logo.

As for the news presented, we can find that from this new version the IP geolocation database is used by DB-IP instead of MaxMind, in addition to the fact that now downloaded metadata can be saved as torrent file and a single application instance is allowed per configuration.

It is also mentioned in the announcement that added an option to show the console when an external program is running and that stagnant filters were added to the GUI and the web API / UI.

In addition, we can find that the information columns now show any multiple connection from the same IP in the list of pairs and that the name of the Country column can also be changed to "Country / Region".

In qBittorrent 4.2.2 double click on preview dialog allowed, rearrange the UI theme selection, be able to make changes to the transfer list text color through QSS, and change the default values ​​of some settings.

On the part of bug fixes, the following changes are mentioned:

  • Solution to error when disabling the torrent queue by default for new users
  • Fix bug when updating free disk space label on category change in automatic mode
  • Correction in the handling of the HTTP redirection to the URI of Magnet links.
  • Various fixes for laptop mode.
  • Improvements to the built-in tracker to be more compliant with specs
  • Improved tooltip of options
  • Fix crash when renaming torrent content
  • Correct calculation of total count of connected pairs
  • Fixed first row renaming in files tab
  • Excessive sync requests are avoided

Finally, you can check the full list of changes presented in this new version. The link is this.

How to install qBittorrent on Ubuntu and derivatives?

For those who are interested in being able to install this new version of qBittorrent, they should follow the instructions that we share below.

By default, for Ubuntu-based distributions (Linux Mint, Kubuntu, Zorin OS, Elementary, etc) the application can be found within the official repositories.

But it also offers a repository in which updates are offered more quickly. In this case we are going to use the repository, which we can add to the system by opening a terminal (you can use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + T) and in it type the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable -y

Then we continue to install the application:

sudo apt-get install qbittorrent


		

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