Getting Started with Tribler

The BitTorrent community has watched numerous client servers come and go, each falling victim to people’s desire for the “latest and greatest” that comes along. It’s never because of some new revolutionizing feature or ability that causes people to choose another, but rather it’s usually for more simplistic reasons like memory usage or ease of function. But, this is all about to change with the release of the new client server named Tribler.

This new client servers makes such remarkable advances that it’s release will forever be marked as a turning point in not only the way people use BitTorrent, but also in what they will expect from those that follow. For the first time since BT’s inception, a client server has made a technological advancement that will be sure to spark a new and exciting revolution in the BT community that has languished in stagnation for far too long.

Now, being that to give Tribler it’s well-deserved respect requires more than a single simple expose, I intend to divide this series into three parts, this of course being the first. The next to follow will be on it’s social networking aspect, with the third, and final, to delve into the technological specs that make it function as it does. So enjoy this setup tutorial and stay tuned for the two additional guides to follow.

SETUP

Well, first we obviously need to download Tribler in order to get started. So get it, nstall this little bad boy, and then we’ll proceed.

From the moment you begin you notice things aren’t gonna be quite the same. Instead of “I accept” or “Do Not Accept,” it’s “I’m Cool” and “Go Away.” Ya gotta love programmers with a sense of humor.

Ok, now for the proverbial nitty gritty. Open Tribler and we’ll start the configuration process.

Next click on the FILE TAB and select PREFERENCES.

This will bring up the configuration window which we will use to set up our desired preferences for the way it will perform.

First of all, set desired number of MAXIMUM UPLOADS, no more than 2 is usually reccomended. Then set your desired MAXIMUM OVERALL UPLOAD RATE WHEN DOWNLOADING. Depending on your connection speed, which you can test HERE, it will range from 22KB/s for a 256KB/S upload connection speed, to 47KB/s for a 512KB/S upload connection speed.

Once this is done, its time to decide where you wanna put the files you’re downloading.

And well, that’s it boys and girls. The only thing to do now is to choose the “magic” port you wish to use. Remember to use a port from the recommended 49512 – 65535 range.

Also, for those whose computers are behind a router, a tutorial on PORT FORWARDING can be found here at Zeropaid .