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Which Peer-to-peer client

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eagle_y2j
eagle_y2j Original post #1
Feb 13, 2007 at 9:36 AM
I am running Open Suse 10.2 with KDE enviroment can someone suggest me best Peer-to-peer client for my linux box for eDonkey and Gnutella networks.
M
Feb 13, 2007 at 11:49 AM
There's mldonkey and GTK-gnutella
kalpik
kalpik #3
Feb 13, 2007 at 11:50 AM
^^ Or try frostwire.. Its great!
eagle_y2j
Feb 13, 2007 at 12:17 PM
is there any clent which supports both eDonkey and Gnutella networks??
GNUrag
GNUrag #5
Feb 13, 2007 at 3:12 PM
i dont do much p2p, but do use aMule
Arsenal_Gunners
Feb 13, 2007 at 3:31 PM
Will shareaza run on linux?It supports both Gnutella and edonkey.
S
Feb 13, 2007 at 3:37 PM
@Vimal can u provide the link of shareaza
Thanks in advance
Arsenal_Gunners
Feb 13, 2007 at 3:50 PM
When I searched for Shareaza on linux,it said you can run it using WINE.
BTW.Here is the link
*www.shareaza.com/mirror_beta.php
M
mehulved #10
Feb 13, 2007 at 4:12 PM
But, why would anyone want to run it on wine? It would be rather better to use separate clients for each network than mess around with wine and stuff.
mediator
mediator #11
Feb 13, 2007 at 4:17 PM
I find "limewire" de best!
*www.limewire.com/LimeWireSoftLinux
L
Feb 13, 2007 at 4:46 PM
I think frostwire is the best. I even use it on windows. (when I have to)
A
amol48 #13
Feb 13, 2007 at 7:52 PM
@mediator

ya limeware is the BEST !!!!
Pathik
Pathik #14
Feb 13, 2007 at 8:09 PM
yea man limewire rox.... btw do try to avoid using wine much if u can find counterparts of win apps in linux...
kalpik
kalpik #15
Feb 13, 2007 at 9:09 PM
^^ Limewire is same as Frostwire.. Only that Frostwire is totaly free, and has no "paid" pro version :)
mediator
mediator #16
Feb 13, 2007 at 9:41 PM
^^I also have frostwire, but I find it unstable and results aren't efficiently grepped!
kalpik
kalpik #17
Feb 13, 2007 at 11:12 PM
Hmm.. works great here.. Actually it should function same as limewire cuz they share the same code..
eagle_y2j
eagle_y2j #18
Feb 14, 2007 at 7:14 AM
frostwire not working i don't know wats wrong its shows application loading but nothing loads.... any clue?
kalpik
kalpik #19
Feb 14, 2007 at 8:15 AM
^^ You have sun java? and you installed frostwire from the repos, right?
eagle_y2j
eagle_y2j #20
Feb 14, 2007 at 11:41 AM
I installed Frostwire using a RPM from its official site , Java not installed but it installed without showing any conflict or dependency error