Re: running deluge causes a major internet slowdown
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:15 pm
FYI...
I switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu and since I didn't like Transmission, and didn't want to download a ton of KDE stuff just to use KTorrent, I installed Deluge. It was downloading nice and fast (as fast as my Internet is at least which is only about 100KB/s - I'm in the Amazon) - but internet browsing was only possible (and still hideously slow) with images turned off. Didn't seem to matter how many global connections there were.
So I decided to install KTorrent and see how it ran in Ubuntu - and it is working great - same download speeds as Deluge was getting, but web surfing at the same time seems pretty much unaffected and is totally usable. All defaults, except that I tested with DHT on and off and it doesn't seem to make any difference.
I liked Deluge so I'll keep an eye on this to see if I can go back it.
Ubuntu 9.04, Deluge 1.1.6 (from the Ubuntu repositories) vs KTorrent 3.2.1 in KDE 4.2.2
(Maybe 1.1.9 is better, but for now there's not a lot of point in checking it out if people are reporting the slow down in 1.1.9 in this thread. Cheers).
I switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu and since I didn't like Transmission, and didn't want to download a ton of KDE stuff just to use KTorrent, I installed Deluge. It was downloading nice and fast (as fast as my Internet is at least which is only about 100KB/s - I'm in the Amazon) - but internet browsing was only possible (and still hideously slow) with images turned off. Didn't seem to matter how many global connections there were.
So I decided to install KTorrent and see how it ran in Ubuntu - and it is working great - same download speeds as Deluge was getting, but web surfing at the same time seems pretty much unaffected and is totally usable. All defaults, except that I tested with DHT on and off and it doesn't seem to make any difference.
I liked Deluge so I'll keep an eye on this to see if I can go back it.
Ubuntu 9.04, Deluge 1.1.6 (from the Ubuntu repositories) vs KTorrent 3.2.1 in KDE 4.2.2
(Maybe 1.1.9 is better, but for now there's not a lot of point in checking it out if people are reporting the slow down in 1.1.9 in this thread. Cheers).