Best file-sharing software

Just got my computer all reformatted and want to get a new file-sharing program.

I use to use Imesh, and it was fine, but I hear the latest version has a lot of adware. Anyone know?

Heard good things about edonkey or emule or something.

Can kazaalite still be had?

What are the best options these days?

Brian

Shareaza is the bomb-diggity. Supports the Gnutella, Gnutella2, and eDonkey networks, and works as a Bittorrent client - ie: you’ll pretty much not need another client at all. And it’s adware free, and open-source.

yes it is…but I just can’t figure out why it’s so slow (for me!). :unamused:

do you use a router?? open the highports

PM me with your e-mail address and I’ll send you Kazaalite++…

Limewire is also good.

I use ABC for bittorrent files. Ever since I disovered bittorrent I haven’t used Kazaa or any similar P2P programs.

BTW, a few months back I got criticised for even mentioning file sharing. Where’s the rage this time?

The difference here is, Bu’s just talking about file sharing. You were actively encouraging piracy of software. File sharing in and of itself doesn’t equal piracy. Bittorrent, for example, is used by several game publishers to distribute demos, and also as a distribution method for several Linux distributions.

I use the bit torrent client Azureus. It doesn’t do a billion different networks like Shareaza, but it is rock solid as a bit torrent client.

Thanks for the suggests.

What is bittorrent?

Brian

See the main home page for it: bittorrent.com/
Good bit torrent FAQ: btfaq.com/

It’s another p2p network, but is much more decentralized. The official bit torrent client is at the above page, but it is a bit limited, so there’s lots of enhanced clients around also:

Azureus: azureus.sourceforge.net/
ABC: pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

And many others…

I say there is no best. I use Kazaa (FastTrack network), bittorent, newsgroups and IRC.
The software I use is:
Kazzalite
ABC [ Yet Another Bittorrent Client ] (for BT)
Xnews for newsgroups
and last (and certainly not least) mIRC for IRC.

I almost never use Kazaa anymore (or any other similar P2P)
Bittorent ROCKS! It’s worth your time to figure it out.
You’d have to sign up for a newsgroup to use them, but they ROCK too. (I use www.buzzardnews.com, it was the only one I could find that accepted paypal)
and IRC also ROCKS (that’s a lot of rockin’)! It’s not user friendly, but once you get the hang of it you can find ANYTHING (I’m serious).

MIRC is the best hands down, as all the files are genuine, and get more stable downloads.

This site offers comprehensive advice for setting up a firewall and router to allow file sharing.

portforward.com/

Wrong. Files served on IRC can be corrupt too, it’s just less common since it’s mostly geeks serving. Stability can vary too, depending on who you download from. But IRC is great, if you know where to look and don’t want anything too obscure, and don’t end up on a netblock that’s been given a bad name by idiots, hackers, and flooders.

Bye bye napster.

Bye bye grokster.

[quote] Grokster Calls It Quits on Sharing Music Files

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 - Grokster, a developer of file-swapping software used to trade copyrighted music and movie files, said Monday that it would halt distribution of the software and cut off support for its associated network as part of a landmark settlement with the recording industry and Hollywood studios. The pact comes four months after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Grokster could be held liable for copyright infringement by users of its software, a decision that delivered a decisive victory for entertainment companies, particularly music labels, which have blamed widespread digital piracy for a worldwide slump in sales. . . [/quote]
nytimes.com/2005/11/08/techn … kster.html

Bye bye limewire, kazaa, bittorrent, etc? Is it just a matter of time?

Just makes room for something new. I’ve never tried it, but I hear DC++ is the bomb.

Even if EVERYTHING somehow one day go shut down, we’d just have to do things the “old fashioned” way (ie. sneaking into movies, using tape decks, sitting on the grass outside of concerts, etc.).

According to slyck.com

November 8, 2005 - 17:00
Network Users
eDonkey2K 3,594,575
FastTrack 3,368,330
Gnutella 1,973,162
Overnet 485,023
MP2P 234,591
Filetopia 5,196

(these are just the names of the networks, each network has many client programs to choose from)

Note also that bitTorrent and usenet newsgroups are not listed because they are hard to measure. However some estimates have bitTorrent using half the bandwidth on the internet. Just a matter of time… right… just a matter of time till Jesus comes back…

If I were in the USA and afraid of getting extorted by the RIAA or MPAA I would use the newsgroups, e.g. a giganews subscription combined with newsbin software. Here in Asia however it seems simplest to just use e.g. BitComet and eMule. Almost everything else mentioned above in this thread is lame by comparison (except Azureus). See the guides on slyck.com for further details.