New P2P Application in beta testing

[Skeptikal]

from an email I received today:

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Hello, ********
kast, the first konspire2b-based app, is available for beta testing at:

http://konspire.sourceforge.net/konspire2b/

You can share this URL with others at your discretion, No bugs are currently known, but we would like to resolve any that show up before too many people start using the network.

This release contains many features over previous releases and seems very stable. The list of new features is too long to include here.


Five platforms are supported:
Windows, MacOSX, GNU/LinxPPC, GNU/LinuxX86, and FreeBSD(X86)


Linux/Unix notes:

The unix distributions are binary builds, which makes it easy for most people to download and start kast quickly. However, making a binary build

involves linking against a particular version of libc. We've made these builds on the platforms that we have access to, but we've found that they may fail to run on other variants of these platforms (for example, kast built on YellowDog LinuxPPC 1.2 fails to run on YDL 2.3).

If you encounter this problem, try the kastSource distribution. The included script (runToBuild) seems to work well on most platforms.

Note that Solaris is supported by this script, but we've found that gmake is old/broken on the Solaris platforms that have been tested. If you have the latest version of gmake on your Solaris, you might want to try it...


Jason

http://jasonrohrer.n3.net

[Theinfamousone]

I realize that more P2P applications means more headache for the RIAA, but it's getting ridiculus how many people are just randomly making new P2P apps for no reasonable reason.

[dr. damn]

I tried this app, and I'll have to say that it seems pretty useless. Instead of you decided what files to download, you subscribe to "channels" and the owner of the channel decides what files you get.

The thing is, the reason I use file swapping services instead of watching TV or listening to the radio is that I want to decide what I watch, listen to, etc. I see this application as useless because it completely defeats the purpose of file sharing.

[Skeptikal]

you're right, dr.damn !

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by dr. damn
I tried this app, and I'll have to say that it seems pretty useless. Instead of you decided what files to download, you subscribe to "channels" and the owner of the channel decides what files you get.

The thing is, the reason I use file swapping services instead of watching TV or listening to the radio is that I want to decide what I watch, listen to, etc. I see this application as useless because it completely defeats the purpose of file sharing.

hahahah
That's just sad for an application to tell you what you CAN download....

[Skeptikal]

web-based...
it seems like a "freenet" portal :P

[isus]

Originally posted by Theinfamousone
I realize that more P2P applications means more headache for the RIAA, but it's getting ridiculus how many people are just randomly making new P2P apps for no reasonable reason.

i thought konspire has been out for quite awhile...

but besides, who cares the reason, if it's mroe of a headache for the riaa, then that is a good enough reason for anyone. besides, you dont hafta use it...

[evilmegaman]

konspire has been around for a long time but this version is not yet fully released and is quite new. the only use for this is to discover new stuff. for instance: you subscribe to a channel that brodcasts techno music, and you recieve a new mp3 a day and the channel stays up you will end up with a lot of interesting music. but I will never bash a program that is developed freely and for people to enjoy, and with a truely revolutional system. It will never be great but the idea is.