Software Update: Transmission 2.82

Version 2.82 of Transmission has been released. This torrent client uses few resources, is cross-platform and open source, and has a simple and uncluttered interface. The program was developed for use under OS X, but on the download page versions for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and some NAS systems are also available. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

All Platforms

• Fix web seed crash
• Fix crash when adding UDP trackers whose host’s canonical name couldn’t be found
• Fix crash when sending handshakes to some peers immediately after adding a magnet link
• Fix crash when parsing incoming encrypted handshakes when the user is removing the related torrent
• Add safeguard to prevent zombie processes after running a script when a torrent finishes downloading
• Fix “bad file descriptor” error
• Queued torrents no longer show up as paused after exiting & restarting
• Fix 2.81 compilation error on OpenBSD
• Don’t misidentify Tixati as BitTornado?

Mac Client

• Fix bug that had slow download speeds until editing preferences

GTK+ Client

• Fix crash that occurred in some cases after using Torrent > Set Location
• Fix crash where on_app_exit() got called twice in a row
• Fix 2.81 compilation error on older versions of glib
• Can now open folders that have a ‘#’ in their names
• Silence gobject warning when updating a blocklist from URL

Qt Client

• Qt 5 support

Web Client

• Fix syntax error in index.html’s meta name=”viewport”
• Fix file uploading issue in Internet Explorer 11