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Following my guide how to install Vuze 4 on Ubuntu (this should be working on any Vuze 4 install, though), here I will guide you through the options how to make Vuze's look & feel more like Azureus'.

Basically there are two different choices: you can either try to make the Vuze interface behave and look more like Azureus or totally revert back to the old style.

Enhance the Vuze interface

By default Vuze 4 starts with the Vuze platform, which is most probably not the (main) reason you installed this bittorrent client.
Vuze 4 is not as confusing as it's predecessor in terms of changing the GUI, though.
All you need to do, to get a proper interface, is to choose My Library in the sidebar and then click on the button on the top right where it says View.

The GUI should look like this then, which is pretty close to what you'd expect it to be:

You'll notice that apart from having a slicker design, Vuze 4 now features a searchbar, which lets you skim through certain platforms.
Some of them are pre-installed but for most of the popular bittorrent sites exist add-ons.

The main downside of the new interface is the sidebar, which bloats the GUI way too much.
Hitting [F7] will hide it, so we'll get a nice looking, visually improved Azureus interface.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to hide it by default.
Also it's pretty annoying to show and hide it everytime, because the sidebar totally replaces the tabbed interface of the classic Azureus GUI.

Revert back to classic interface

If you simply want that classic GUI back, this is also possible without much hassle.
Just go to Tools → Options → Interface → Start and access the Vuze UI Chooser via the Show button.

This way you will get back the classic Azureus-style interface in all its glorious butt-ugliness in exchange for usability: