Tribler is an application which helps you find, share, download, search for pictures, music, videos and so on. In other words its more like a media player integrated within a torrent client. I have tried it out, and frankly, the search and download function is pretty good. The integrated search is quite exhaustive, eg. take a look at the results Tribler came up with when I searched for “Ubuntu” (pic in the screenshots below).
It has Windows, Mac and Linux versions of its software. Here are a few screenshots of the application:
How to install:
Go to System > Administration > Software Sources. From there go the Other Software tab and then Add the following line:
deb http://ubuntu.tribler.org/ karmic main
(If you need more and simpler information alongwith screenshots about how to add a repository, you should go through the details given here : http://exploreubuntu.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/adding-repositories/)
Now go to the Terminal (Applications > Terminal) and type the following:
sudo apt-get update
Next type the following in the Terminal:
sudo apt-get install tribler
Thats it. Tribler will be available in the Internet menu.
For experienced users seeking more information about Tribler:
Official page of Tribler: www.tribler.org
Launchpad page of Tribler: https://launchpad.net/tribler
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