qBittorrent is a free, open source, cross-platform P2P client for the BitTorrent network.
Announced the launch of the new version of qBittorrent 4.6, a version in which experimental support for I2P has been added, as well as improvements with themes, improvements in icons, shortcuts and the menu, as well as improvements in general.
For those unaware of qBittorrent they should know that is a cross-platform P2P client, free and open source, is built on C++ and python, this program is built by people around the world who help with its maintenance.
Main new features of qBittorrent 4.6
In this new version that is presented, the experimental support for I2P network, which is an anonymous network built in P2P mode and uses end-to-end encryption and is formed thanks to the resources provided by network users (communications within the network are based on the use of encrypted one-way tunnels between the participant and peers).
Another of the changes that stands out in this new version are the new settings added to change the size of buffers receive and send, as you can now set the maximum file size for a torrent, limit bdecode, configure the behavior when merging trackers with an existing torrent, stop distribution of inactive torrents, and disable suspend and resume confirmation for all the torrents.
In addition to this, we can find in this new version of qBittorrent 4.6, is that added a log viewer to the web interface, along with which the necessary configurations for the registry file were implemented, in addition to An interface was proposed to rename multiple files at once, Added support for subcategories and the connection to the network interface is preserved after the connection is disconnected.
On the other hand, in RSS Downloader added a button to rename the rules, which allows you to edit RSS feed URLs and provides the ability to assign priority to RSS download rules.
Of the other changes that stand out from this new version:
- Improved theme support.
- Added an interface to edit theme parameters.
- Added a dialog box for editing tags associated with torrents.
- The “Watched Folder Options” and “Automated RSS Downloader” dialogs have been modified.
- Various improvements to the SQLite backend.
- Allow proxying per subsystem
- Other icons can be used in dark design mode.
- New torrents are now guaranteed to be added to the front of the queue.
Added the ability to filter the torrent list based on local file path. - Added the ability to use proxies in connection with subsystems.
- Added alternative shortcut CTRL+E for CTRL+F
- Added a button to copy the list of library versions to the clipboard.
- WebAPI: allows you to specify the name of the session cookie
- Expanded the scope of the “Proxy Hostname Lookup” option
- Added a shortcut for the “Permanently Ban Peers” feature
- Improve Sync API performance
- A build with D-Bus support is included for FreeBSD.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it of the new version, you can consult the complete list of the changes that are 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
Uninstall qBittorrent
To eliminate qBittorrent we simply have to execute the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
sudo apt remove --autoremove qbittorrent