Download BitTorrent 3.9.0 beta

Bram Cohen, the original developer of the BitTorrent protocol, has released a new BitTorrent client. It has been given version number 3.9.0 beta and serves as a test for the soon to be released version 4.0 of this program. In addition to the long-promised redesigned user interface, the changes include performance improvements and multiple downloads are now done from one screen. The full changelog looks like this:

New in 3.9.0:

• All new queue-based user interface
• Remembers what it was doing across restarts
• Includes an improved .torrent maker with the regular install
• Single port: launchmany can seed many files from a single port and thread
• better performance
• completedir no longer exists, use btmaketorrentgui or btmaketorrent
• License has changed to the BitTorrent Open Source License
• Torrent fields are correctly created and interpreted as utf8
• BitTorrent packets are marked as bulk data to make traffic shaping easier
• Too many little things to list

[break]The following downloads are available:
Windows installer
rpm package
source code [break]