Bittorrent Client

[v0id]

It does. The official BitTorrent client works fine for both Windows, Mac and Linux.
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/

[Justice M]

Originally Posted by v0id

It does. The official BitTorrent client works fine for both Windows, Mac and Linux.
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/

So then why not use that? Isn't that the best way to go, since its supported and created by and for bittorents?

[v0id]

It's a matter of taste, and the functionality is almost identical from client to client, because the Bittorrent protocol is standardized.

[Justice M]

Originally Posted by v0id

It's a matter of taste, and the functionality is almost identical from client to client, because the Bittorrent protocol is standardized.

Isn't a BitTorrent client's function only to search for and download bittorents?
Are they all searching the same database?

[v0id]

Most of their functionality is of course how they're downloading torrent-files, but also extra features which may help the user. Also, you're not "just downloading" torrent-files. It's complicated to do so. If you want to know more about it, I think you shall find the BitTorrent specifications.

And no, they're not searching in the same "database." When you're searching for torrent-files, you're searching on so-called trackers. That's websites which stores the torrent-files. The torrent-files themselves contain information about where to download the content.

[Tor]

IMO, the official BitTorrent client is horrible. I've never seen a client that also allows searching for torrents. What I have seen you have to find torrents on your own and then insert the torrents into the client.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by Tor

I've never seen a client that also allows searching for torrents.

Many torrent-clients have the search functionality.