p2p programs and your opinion!

[crackerjacker]

right about now, to be honest, there are lots of p2p programs out there which pretty much works fine and are awesome, ares is one that i like. i ran across ares and i believe its pretty good. I wont forget about shareaza, it has so many options, gnucleus, because it roks. xolox is still pretty much good, because look of the concept with xolox.
similar to edonkey, you share, your files, then with this in mind, depending on the amount of bandwidth you devote to uploading, it will most definitely affect your download bandwidth. so the key point is share and share alike. its straight to the point, you share, you get. now i believe every p2p program out there is either unique, or works the way that it needs to be. to me xolox, is simply, and outstanding piece of work due to the fact, that you install the program and run it, and its not to confusion to use. well like i said every p2p program is unique. another example is ares, i tried the program, and very much liked it. it reminds me of kazaa, without the ads. Its pretty fast to. cheers to them. now shareaza is pretty good, it has everything one could ask for in a p2p program.
matter of fact to be honest, alot of the p2p programs out now are so better enhanced, because of the multisource downloading. dam this is incredible. I have lots of favorite p2p programs. you know, its about choice, about what the individual using the p2p program wants. i wont forget winmx, kazaalite, hmmm. limewire, *pro* or aqualime, ok even the adversion of limewire is good, for consumers who use it, to each there own, hmmm. ok i will even mention *bearshare* it is about choice. I been reading up on many of the filesharing programs and you know what it is good that there are plenty of different networks out there where consumers can use. NOw lets not forget filetopia, I like them too. YOu see so many p2p programs, and alot of time, to choose and test.

[gorphon]

ever try direct connect cj? I like it personally, you jsut need to share 10gigs, find a decent hub and make friends with a few of the regulars. You can find most anything. some of the hubs I connect to have 20+ TB of info and still multi hub search. not bad... I also like imesh, and do not understnad why it doesnt have a bigger following. I find many movies there... Of course, kazaa lite and blubster....
as far as xolox goes, I used to love it. Now I am a paranoid person, but when I started getting weird hits denied by my firewall from people apparently using xolox when I did not have it running I uninstalled it. If I had bothered to record it I would post the log to see what others think of it, my interpretation made me say no to xolox. butsometimes I see conspiracies in the shadows too. and that fluoride is a killer!
Been meaningto try ares, do you find it better then shareaza? Tried as I might, I could find nothing with shareaza, but ofcourse blubster works fine for me so I can live without it. or at least until I figure out if it is I doing something wrong...

[123_kid]

well, i am a big fan of the gnutella network. not because of the huge selection of files (there isn't) but because it's what i'm used to. right now, my favorite client is gnucleus. it's simple to use, you can choose the amount of ultrapeers you want ( i use 8), and it has other features that are implemented very well. i also have shareaza but that has not impressed me. sure it has a lot of features but the little things add up. whenever i try to download something and the host is busy, it drops the host very quickly, something i'm not used to with gnucleus. and it takes a while to get connected too. shareaza is the best gnutella client except when it comes to downloading. i don't use any other gnutella clients due to the fact that i don't like ad's ( i could care less about spyware, i don't have anything to hide but pop-ups and banner ads piss me off). i also have kazaa lite. i use it predominately for videos or hard to find songs. but the main reason i don't use it is because of the 128 bitrate limit. sure there are some higher quality ones but i don't like downloading from one person on 14.4k when i could download a 128kbs mp3 in 2 minutes from 5 different people. kazaa has an awesome network, i have to give them that. and lastly, winmx...it has a wide selection and often high quality music but the queues are insane! they seriously need to redo that because that is the only reason i don't use it as often as i use kazaa lite or gnucleus. and my closing comment is that freeloaders suck. i share 8 gb of mp3's and file sharing is exactly that, file sharing. there is no excuse for not sharing your files. even on 56k. if you're a freeloader, don't expect to download from me at all....thucka

[Music Pirate]

There are just three p2p programs that I use. Shareaza, WinMX and KaZaA Lite. I like Shareaza because it very easy to use plus for diehard fans who know more about tweaking it plus has the hashing or eDonkey like links. WinMX as a lot of the main stream music and it has hasing too. KaZaA Lite has alot of music, but the music companies flooding the network with bogus music you have to hunt to find the right one.

[PatientSaint]

I Use two filesharing programs Winmx and soulseek. I 've used Winmx since Napster started file filtering. I like the setup and interface and i don't see really why some people get confused about it. People keep saying it is good for popular music which i'm not going to lie it really. But, it's also realyl great for some of the rarer files that i look for. I 've found some area bands on it which surprised me a lot. I've also found some rare remixes of songs on it as well and i don't think those two get mentioned enough of winmx. As for Soulseek in the past year or so i've gotten more slowly into the electronic scene and it's a great place find some of the more underground music as well as popular mixes. It's also prolly one of the last true P2P communities that i know of . That is one thing i miss about Napster is how it was a community atmosphere. Most programs i see popping up are just sharing programs. I think it's great anytime anywhere where people can come together and connect. I think music is the greatest universal language and why not use it to bring people together and try and understand each other?

[TC75580]

If I had to list all the programs I think are good it would take too long, so I'll just refer you to this link:

http://www.zeropaid.com/php/filesharing.php

[Sarevok]

I must say that I probably have KazaaLite running more than any other sharing program on my computer. Downloads are fast, searches are fast, connecting is fast, and its just a very efficient network considering it has 2 million users, and you can normally find about anything you search for. When I want a popular video or song, its the place to go and it can't be beat. If I want to get a large iso game or anything other than music, I use Direct Connect. You can just get anything off Direct Connect, it's great, you just need to live with the way it works and that you will probably need to look in more than one hub to find someone fast who has the file you want. Coupled together KazaaLite and Direct Connect make a combination that enables me to get anything and everything I want. Try out DC if you havn't already, all you need to do is share 10 gigs or so, and you have access to literally petabytes of information. Just my two cents ;)

[Eikott]

I would have to say DC++ all the way. It is definetly for more advanced user, and I can find anything I want. Always. For the exception for some rare european techno mixes...

No need to say anything else.

[Rickio]

I have used most of the p2p apps and like this thread began, they all have there own variation on the file sharing idea.
I haven't tried DC or soulseek and plan on trying them soon.
About DC though, I haven't tried it before as I don't even have a 10 gig hard-drive. Well I do, just haven't installed it yet. But that apsect kinda put me off.

I am kinda addicted to edonkey. I have got tons of files off it and it has a awesome community. I frequent about 6 different forums with links to music, apps, etc. There is at least 3 different search engines devoted to the donkey and sure it is not lightening fast but I get about 5 or 6 complete cd's a night.
I am mostly into collecting music cd's lately and the donkey is the place to do that.

[Caitlyn Marble]

I use mostly WinMX but sometimes I get too lazy to wait in queue so then I use kazaa lite if the file isn't rare.

[d.crowley]

i have basically tested every p2p prog around and came up with these personal favorites:

#1 - soulseek: probably the best way to get rare stuff at the moment. the program itself is a little buggy & queer, but the availability of so much good music makes up for it all... also, this prog makes it as easy as possible to dl whole albums.

#2 - shareaza: the best program around. loooots of potential. just a couple of minor important additions, and it will be #1. getting whole albums is difficult though, as shareaza doesn't include the folder name in the search. and my entire collection is sorted like Artist - Album\Number - Title.mp3

#3 - kazaa lite: amazing for software. anything can be found.

#4 - direct connect++: amazing for movies, especially anime. but: difficult handling, lots of restrictions (minimum-30GB-share servers etc.)

#5 - blubster & filetopia: gotta mention them for their future potential. filtetopia 3.0b looks promising, just like the blubster 2.0 beta.

very disappointed by winmx (unstable, impossible to actually GET 90% of the search results) and edonkey. still, nothing is getting close to the way AG used to be.

[DasFox]

Peeps I have run ALL the P2P apps for over 2 yrs
and nothing, I mean nothing compares to iMESH


PEOPLE GET OFF YOUR BUTTS AND GET
DR. DAMMS HACKED VERSION IF YOU CAN STILL FIND IT !!!!!!!!!



iMESH all the way baby abd you won't be sad you did

[method77]

d.crowley is absolutely right ... soulseek the best for mp3 but for now nothing is Audiogalaxy

[crackerjacker]

I have tried more p2p programs since, the last time I responded on this issue. To be honest and fair about the many different p2p programs that I like, one must understand the reason why anyone will continue to use them.
I will start off with direct connect *dc plus*. Direct connect protocol can not be shut down. As, of recent I have been testing a p2p program. It is based on dc, and I really like it alot. It has the same features as Dc and dc plus.
Of all the p2p programs, that I have been using, I always seem to go back to using the 5 main ones or so.
Shareaza, gnucleus, winmx, kazaalite, dc plus, as well and newsgroups.
I have tried other p2p programs, but due to having restrictions on my network , etc, I am unable to talk or give information about them.
I highly recommend Dc plus clones etc. And gnutella, etc.
To be honest, there are more p2p programs out there, that i also like. There are so many to choose.
I will not forget the original edonkey etc, well, after all they are the first to include partial filesharing, hashes etc.
Anyway, if i had to recommend a couple of p2p programs, i would recommend u to use a decentralized network.
top of my lists include all the above i talked about, I wont forget ares either, however, each p2p network is good for different reasons. heh, choose carefully, what p2p program u want.
and i only have recommended p2p programs, that are free of evil spyware, malware, etc.

[endersgame21]

I mainly use kazaalite ++ and edonkey/overnet hybrid.
I will use PFT and Swapciety if and when they come out.
By the way, is this the real CJ.

[narz]

I mainly use KaZaA and Overnet. I use Shareza a bit, when needed. I have never really got into DC, it always juz seemed too difficult to find what u want, and u have to connect to, and search, the hubs individually, don't u?

[Theinfamousone]

Oh boy do I agree. I couldn't connect to jack squat (not sharing enough I suppose after reading what you guys have said) They need to make the interface more efficient (Napsterlike). I might go back some day when it is more userfriendly.

Kazaa burns me how they are so lazy and never make any improvements. It needs hashing, it needs a little more stability, it needs manual source adding like Shareaza, it needs partial download sharing, and tons of other things. The only improvements made have been by random nut. The new unlimited search more is infinitely helpful, more files found, more sources = faster downloads, it's so beautiful.

When I first used it after Napster died, I loved it, resumeable downloaded and multi sourcing was amazing to me. But it is so far behind now, someone needs to really hack that thing and make it better.

Has PFT decrypted it yet? What's this I hear about the source code being out?

[nasrules]

i use:

piolet (for music)
emule (for 100mb+ files)
qirc (every now an then for direct links to other ppl)
i jus tried xs. seriously fast!

an of course k++. the new 2.0.3 version has to be the best p2p app ive tried
o an i forgot clean imesh jus for a change every now an then!

[Theinfamousone]

XS? What is that? It kind of annoys me that all the good files are on DC, because I hate that program. Why can't we just all move to fasttrack?

[Ken17625]

Kazaa(K++ for maximum search and download performance on fasttrack network).

eMule(eDonkey network)

DC++(Direct Connect)

[notbob]

because most people on kazaa don't share, and we the sharers don't need to get flooded with leeches the first time we go to kazaa

you want good stuff, you need to share good stuff, if you want average stuff, stay on kazaa--the choice is all yours

[CrAzYMaNiAk54]

I use Shareaza because the GUI is great and there are more and more files on it everday.. its just awesome =)
I also use Winmx(can't wait for the new version, damn it will be so good!) because it's a cool program and has a lot of rare stuff.
I use Clean Imesh because the downloads are great on that thing!
And finally my last program is the newest K++ Build 6 RC10.. just because it kicks ass!!!

[MusikBeatz23]

Originally posted by gorphon
ever try direct connect cj? I like it personally, you jsut need to share 10gigs, find a decent hub and make friends with a few of the regulars. You can find most anything. some of the hubs I connect to have 20+ TB of info and still multi hub search. not bad... I also like imesh, and do not understnad why it doesnt have a bigger following. I find many movies there... Of course, kazaa lite and blubster....
as far as xolox goes, I used to love it. Now I am a paranoid person, but when I started getting weird hits denied by my firewall from people apparently using xolox when I did not have it running I uninstalled it. If I had bothered to record it I would post the log to see what others think of it, my interpretation made me say no to xolox. butsometimes I see conspiracies in the shadows too. and that fluoride is a killer!
Been meaningto try ares, do you find it better then shareaza? Tried as I might, I could find nothing with shareaza, but ofcourse blubster works fine for me so I can live without it. or at least until I figure out if it is I doing something wrong...
Well.... Ares is like a filetopia clone i think it is based on the same software.... thats my opinion.... ooh yest are is blue and filetopia is brown i think....

[MusikBeatz23]

Originally posted by Theinfamousone
XS? What is that? It kind of annoys me that all the good files are on DC, because I hate that program. Why can't we just all move to fasttrack? XS is a p2p program created by a regular memeber of ZEROPAID. http://xs.fasthost.tv/