Download Transmission 2.80

Version 2.80 of Transmission has been released. This torrent client uses few resources, is cross-platform and open source, and has a simple and uncluttered interface. The program was developed for use under OS X, but on the download page versions for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and some NAS systems are also available. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

All Platforms

• Support renaming a transfer’s files and folders
• Remove the most frequent thread locks in libtransmission (ie, fewer beachballs)
• Show the free disk space available when adding torrent
• Faster reading and parsing of local data files
• Better use of the OS’s filesystem cache
• Lengthen the prefetch cache for data sent to peers
• Other small speedups
• Replace the previous JSON parser with jsonsl to resolve DFSG licensing issue
• Fix fails-to-build when compiling with -Werror=format-security
• Improved unit tests in libtransmission
• Tarballs are now released only in .xz format

Mac Client

• Use VDKQueue for watching for torrent files

GTK+ Client

• Simplify the tracker filter pulldown’s interface (now matches the Qt client)
• Synced preferences text & shortcuts
• Remove deprecated calls to gdk_threads_enter()
• Silence a handful of console warnings

Qt Client

• More efficient updates when receiving information from the server
• Add an option to play a sound when a torrent finishes downloading
• Add an option to start up iconified into the notification area
• Fix an issue with the tray icon preventing hibernation/logout
• Other CPU speedups
• Open the correct folder when clicking on single-file torrents
• Synced preferences text & shortcuts
• Fix non Latin-1 unit strings

daemon

• Add support for specifying recently-active torrents in transmission-remote

Web Client

• Extend the cookie lifespan so that settings like sort order don’t get lost

Utilities

• Support user-defined piece sizes in transmission-create