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Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). It is Ubuntu's default BitTorrent client since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

Transmission has been Ubuntu's default BitTorrent client since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (Source)

Transmission is licensed under the GNU GPL and MIT licenses. In addition to Ubuntu, it is also available to use on several major Linux and BSD distributions, Solaris, and Mac OS X.

More information on Transmission can be found on Wikipedia or its official website while a guide to usage can be found on the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki.

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What is "web seed"?

I'm downloading a file with Transmission. It shows a connection to a web seed. See the below screenshot: What is that "web seed", shown in the picture (which kind of seeders?)? Is it safe?
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How to change the default permissions of files created by transmission-daemon?

I have a machine running Ubuntu 12.04 server with transmission-daemon running to handle bitorrents. Everything works fine except the transmission-daemon creates files as the user/group, debian-transmission, and with 744 file permissions. I would…
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Where does Transmission save my torrent files?

I have a lot of torrents and currently I use Transmission as my torrent client. However, there is a problem — After I change the folder name (which is important for me to organize my music folder), Transmission stops recognizing the files even…
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Transmission webui problem - Conflict 409

I am running the latest stable version of Transmission (version 2.31 from the Transmission ppa). Any time I try to log in to the web user interface, I get hit with this: 409: Conflict Your request had an invalid session-id header. To fix this,…
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Transmission-daemon keeps resetting

i have been trying to configure transmission-daemon so i can connect using the webui avaliable at http://server.ip-address:9091 , but i just get a message telling me that i should either disable the ip address whitelist or add my current ip to it. I…
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Transmission says port is closed but seeding is happening

I'm using Transmission right now. The Transmission's test of the port says: port is closed. But there is seeding activity (around 160KB/s). I re-checked the port with an online site. It says closed too. How is that possible?? I forgot to add that…
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Why are my torrents not downloading?

I am using transmission-daemon and controlling it through the webgui. Currently I have two torrents from separate trackers that are on 0B of OB status. I am using transmission. On one torrent at last announce it says "got 50 peers" the other "got 48…
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How can I change the default downloading folder for Transmission?

I would like to change the folder but I don't know where can I configure Tranmission.
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How do I open port 51413 for Transmission?

I just moved to Ubuntu on my MacBook and I spent the whole day trying to open port 51413 for Transmission. What I've already done: I have ufw but I opened ports there and tried without it - probably not the problem: 51413/tcp …
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Is there a way to schedule the downloads in Transmission BitTorrent Client?

I have added a couple of torrent files to Transmission BitTorrent Client to be downloaded. I have a limited internet speed so I can't start all of them in a single go; so I have to peep in after every 30 minutes or so to start downloading other…
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Where is the settings.json file stored for Transmission?

I've bought a Raspberry Pi and I have managed to install xbian, samba and bittorrent (transmission). All the fun showed up when I tried to upgrade the older version from the repo to the latest version - Transmission 2.77 - by following the steps as…
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Where is the transmission-daemon torrent list stored?

I don't remember sleepwalking, but this morning I found transmission-daemon uninstalled. I've reinstalled it, but when I open it up through the web interface or transgui, there are no torrents listed. I assume I've lost them, but just in case, where…
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Can I share the two lists of downloads with Transmission and Transmission-daemon?

I just discovered transmission-daemon so I installed it to use RPC calls. I successfully added a torrent, but when I launched Transmission in Unity, there was no trace of the download. I discovered later that I was in the web interface. So one…
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What does "Seeding to 3 of 4 connected peers 7kB/s ▲" mean?

This is Transmission BitTorrent Client: What does the "Seeding to 3 of 4 connected peers 7kB/s ▲"? What is seeding and what are peers? And why does this only appear after it has downloaded? Before it says "Downloading from 60 of 60 peers - 785 kB/s…
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Set turrent client to automatically start downloading a torrent when it's available

It's tedious to continue checking for a movie until it has a torrent. Is there a plug in (for transmission) that will save my "wanted" list and look for my movies automatically? And notify me when I can download it ?
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