Download Transmission 0.90

A new version of the program can be found on the Transmission site in the form of 0.90 downloaded become. Transmission is an open source cross-platform and lightweight BitTorrent client with a simple interface. The program was developed for use under Mac OS X, but has also been made available for Linux, BeOS, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. New in Transmission 0.90 is support for encryption and the ability to block peers who send ‘bad data’. In addition, the Inspector has been improved and the program uses less memory. The full release notes look like this:

Version 0.90

• Encryption support, with option to ignore unencrypted peers
• Ban peers that send too much bad data
• Only report downloaded, verified good pieces in tracker `download’ field
• Improved compliance with BitTorrent spec
• MSE Tracker Extension support
• Significant rewrite of the libtransmission back-end
• Icon enhanced to support size of 512 x 512

OSX:

• Per-torrent action menu
• Redesigned inspector with additional statistics and ability to be resized vertically in Peers and Files tabs
• Redesigned message log
• Optimizations to decrease memory usage
• Sort and filter by tracker
• Various smaller interface additions and improvements

GTK:

• Various interface improvements
• Better compliance with the Gnome interface guidelines