Your P2P Client of choice

Zardon · Nov 20, 2002, 12:51 PM

I would be interested to hear everyones views on what P2P client they are all currently using, Kazza, Kazza Lite, Kazza Gold, Grokster, Bearshare, Audio Galaxy, Limewire, Morpheus, MX? or another one?

Do Spyware and popups annoy you?

digitalwanderer · Nov 20, 2002, 04:13 PM

...so is getting your fingers slammed in a door.

(Methinks everyone but the advertisers hate 'em.

) I don't use any p2p proggies, I don't think a 56K is enough to really share files with.

***craig5320*** · Nov 20, 2002, 04:49 PM

I use kazaa 2, and kill the ad banner with the dummy file, and any pop-ups are taken care of by Pop-Up Ad filter

Malus · Nov 20, 2002, 05:30 PM

I use Kazaa Lite 2. If you haven't guessed already, I dislike spyware and pop-up ads.

DriveEuro · Nov 20, 2002, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
...so is getting your fingers slammed in a door. (Methinks everyone but the advertisers hate 'em. ) I don't use any p2p proggies, I don't think a 56K is enough to really share files with.

On the contrary....I run 56kbps modem....24/7....Yesturday I download 439.49 MB....That's damn fast....I average 5.5 kb/s usually....So I think I can manage....Considering that I can usually download 700MB in two days....So really that's one disc for a game a day... I think its pretty decent.......Granted I was on DSL at school last year and downloaded well over a Terabyte just in movies.......300+ movies...hehe I think that I'm set...Broadband in one week....AT&T .. I know it sucks....but still...better than 56k.

Oh and yeah, I can share an entire 40GB harddrive .... althought I don't let people download anything from me...come on...takes away half of my bandwith..I can't manage with just 2.5 kb/s

Oh yeah P2P.... I run Direct Connect...and DC++. Much more sophisticated than Kazaa, IMO. Kazaa is old news... I always had the hardest time finding files on there....I'm the type of person who get files before they are available to purchase...Bootleg of Spiderman 3 days before it was in theatres....Ya know?

UberLord · Nov 20, 2002, 07:08 PM

I tend to use Kazaa Lite and Gnucleus for P2P

I recently used Proximotron for ad/popup blocking but I've recently found Privoxy which does a better job (imo) and is available for Win32 and Linux. Only gripe with it is that it has to buffer all the HTML first unlike other ad blockers.

RageX1 · Nov 20, 2002, 10:01 PM

i use Soribada It's in korean though...

DallasStar · Nov 21, 2002, 02:44 AM

I use Kazaa Lite 2 and Gnotella. Gnotella is usually my last resort.

sporkpimp · Nov 21, 2002, 02:56 AM

No, really... eMule (w/latest Tarod mod) for larger files (movies, ROM collections... leaks... and of course although full applications are available, I would never-ever-ever download them

), Gnucleus for most smaller files...

Occasionally I'll use Kazaa Lite with accelerator and sig2dat... not often, though. Even using the hacked Lite version, I still feel guilty using a big evil corporation's software... sure is fast, though, but not much faster than modern Gnutella clients.

I miss Xolox... that was such a great program back in the day.

(teary-eyed)

-Sporkpimp

(Almost forgot the big boy... IRC *grin* Get huge rare files, and h4x0red, all at the same time!)

Edit: Popups and spyware don't annoy me... because I use open-source clients. Not only are they (in the case of both Gnucleus and eMule) the fastest available, but they're almost invariably spyware free, and they always give you the option to disable it.

peroni · Nov 21, 2002, 06:27 AM

Blubster for music and eDonkey for everything else.

reno · Nov 21, 2002, 03:44 PM

eMule is the king of P2P....huge filelists...huge files/movies...no ads, no spyware, and fast even on a shitty 56k connection!

Erroneus · Nov 21, 2002, 10:52 PM

Use DC++ client for Direct Connect one of the biggest p2p network: http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

Nov 20, 2002, 12:51 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Your P2P Client of choice I would be interested to hear everyones views on what P2P client they are all currently using, Kazza, Kazza Lite, Kazza Gold, Grokster, Bearshare, Audio Galaxy, Limewire, Morpheus, MX? or another one? Do Spyware and popups annoy you?

Nov 20, 2002, 04:13 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Yes, popups & spyware are annoying... ...so is getting your fingers slammed in a door. (Methinks everyone but the advertisers hate 'em. ) I don't use any p2p proggies, I don't think a 56K is enough to really share files with. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Nov 20, 2002, 04:49 PM	#3
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,568 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	I use kazaa 2, and kill the ad banner with the dummy file, and any pop-ups are taken care of by Pop-Up Ad filter __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Nov 20, 2002, 05:30 PM	#4
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	I use Kazaa Lite 2. If you haven't guessed already, I dislike spyware and pop-up ads. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Nov 20, 2002, 07:08 PM	#6
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	I tend to use Kazaa Lite and Gnucleus for P2P I recently used Proximotron for ad/popup blocking but I've recently found Privoxy which does a better job (imo) and is available for Win32 and Linux. Only gripe with it is that it has to buffer all the HTML first unlike other ad blockers. __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Nov 20, 2002, 10:01 PM	#7
RageX1 Area3d @dmin Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	i use Soribada It's in korean though... __________________ Pentium!!! 800mhz Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X (KT133A Chipset) Radeon LE 32mb DDR Crucial PC133 SDRAM 384mb Western Digital 20GB hard drive Onboard VIA Avance sound(AC97) Creative CD-ROM 52x Windows XP Home Edition http://area3d.net

Nov 21, 2002, 02:44 AM	#8
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I use Kazaa Lite 2 and Gnotella. Gnotella is usually my last resort. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Nov 21, 2002, 02:56 AM	#9
sporkpimp DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CA, USA Posts: 90 Rep Power: 0	I GNU it! No, really... eMule (w/latest Tarod mod) for larger files (movies, ROM collections... leaks... and of course although full applications are available, I would never-ever-ever download them ), Gnucleus for most smaller files... Occasionally I'll use Kazaa Lite with accelerator and sig2dat... not often, though. Even using the hacked Lite version, I still feel guilty using a big evil corporation's software... sure is fast, though, but not much faster than modern Gnutella clients. I miss Xolox... that was such a great program back in the day. (teary-eyed) -Sporkpimp (Almost forgot the big boy... IRC grin Get huge rare files, and h4x0red, all at the same time!) Edit: Popups and spyware don't annoy me... because I use open-source clients. Not only are they (in the case of both Gnucleus and eMule) the fastest available, but they're almost invariably spyware free, and they always give you the option to disable it.

Nov 21, 2002, 06:27 AM	#10
peroni DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 591 Rep Power: 0	Blubster for music and eDonkey for everything else. __________________ Gaming Rig 3DMark2k1 PCMark2k2 The Server 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2 Notebook 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2

Nov 21, 2002, 03:44 PM	#11
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	d eMule is the king of P2P....huge filelists...huge files/movies...no ads, no spyware, and fast even on a shitty 56k connection!

Nov 21, 2002, 10:52 PM	#12
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Dc++ Use DC++ client for Direct Connect one of the biggest p2p network: http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ __________________