Azureus 2.5.0.2 Released!!!

[vincent_10_27]

So if you don't turn your updates automatically, here is a news for you

1. What's new in Azureus 2.5.0.2
   
1.1 Less memory footprint
   Most noteably, torrent piece information is now removed from memory when not used.
   
1.2 Minimum # of Simultaneous Active Downloads
   The ability to always have at least x number of active downloads running.
   
1.3 New columns
   Custom user comment (My Torrents view)
   File extension (Files view)
   
1.4 Faster startup times on large lists
   Startup times when Azureus has a large list of torrents is now faster (up to 400% faster in some cases).
   Some plugins may negate this optimization if the plugin accesses every torrents information immediately at startup.
   
1.5 Other
   Various user interface improvements.
   Bug fixes.
   Less memory leaks.
   
1.6 Java 5.0 note
   Java 5, Update 10 fixes a handle leak commonly seen in Azureus installations.  It is highly recommended that you upgrade to this version or a later version.  You can download the update at http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
   
Full ChangeLog http://azureus.sourceforge.net/changelog.php?version=2.5.0.2

And if you are not that knowledgeable in computers, I suggest that you update your Java Runtime Environment to version 6 if you are still using version 5, this will make your Azureus boot up faster.

To install JRE6, remove previous versions of JRE in Add/Remove Programs and restart the system after uninstallation.

Download the JRE6 installer here
scroll down to Java Runtime Environment or JRE6. If you are a java developer, then of course, you might want to add JDK.

Install the JRE6 and restart System.

Hopefully that will make your Azureus run faster by at least 5%.

[Kolyce]

I'd like to add that there's a handy plugin for Azureus named AZCVS Updater which automatically downloads and inserts the latest CVS files (Azureus Jar Core). Latest CVS is currently the 3.0.0.5_B2 build.

It's nice to see how Azureus is developing using this plugin (every two days, sometimes even twice a day, a new CVS will be released), and you can test the latest features months before everyone else

That said they are just snapshot... they may crash or produce other unexpected behaivour, though, this has yet to happen to me.

[JavaDog]

How worthless. all win32 users should use uTorrent.

(Hella efficient.)