Which P2P program is for me?

[MasterKaos]

Ok i'm new here so sorry if this has been asked before!

After using Kazaa-lite for some time, i think it's time for a change. Kazaa is dying a slow and painful death, and is full of fakes, files that never download becuase of lack of users etc.

I'm happily using BT for large downloads like apps and movies, but find it doesn't beat kazaa for easily finding music and porn clips.

What P2P would people recommend as an alternative to Kazaa? I want to be able to easily search for music and porn (amateur stuff not pro studio crap). I want to be able to find rare music and rare porno clips. I want to get decent download speeds. I want software that i can run in the background 24/7, which won't eat up too many resources.

edit: and i'd like to be able to preview files before they finish downloading

Suggestions?

[--JustMe--]

I'd suggest Shareaza would be the thing for you. Its free, has no adware/spyware, and you can also use it to dowload bittorrents with it

[ducttapeBigSexy]

yeah, i'd agree, shareaza is a great app. however, if you don't like it, you can also check out ares - just make sure you don't install any of the spyware that comes with it (you can deselect it during the install)

[Domethius]

I like Soulseek myself but that is just my opinion.

[.:sp00ky:.]

i second soulseek but only if you share.

[TheBlackSnow]

yeah, shareaza is not bad

[MasterKaos]

Ok, so it seems Shareza, Soulseek and Ares are the recommnedations. Of these three, which network has the most users online at a given time? And do all three of these allow you to preview videos while you are downloading?

Cheers

[ratbag]

i used kazaa for a long time but it started going to hell now i use ares and the downlad speed are the fastest i have ever seen in p2p including BT

[nasrules]

Network-wise, it's not that simple. Ares has around 100,000 users online at any given time, but I don't know about Soulseek. Shareaza, on the other hand, is a totally different matter. If you connect to eDonkey, you're into the millions, but ED2K performance is horrible. If you connect only to Gnutella and Gnutella 2, you'll probably have access to a few hundred thousand users and should get good speeds.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Im having problems with ED2K and its been slow as heck. Ive updated my servers but still I'm only seeing a little more than a million users. Whatsup?

I don't mean to drag this thread off track.:black


Use Winmx, yeah thats the one right for you. :blah

[IshareManyFilez]

Since you neglected to look at the rest of the forums and the rest of the 18938394948398438943 other web pages about this topic I would say none.

[MasterKaos]

Since you neglected to look at the rest of the forums and the rest of the 18938394948398438943 other web pages about this topic I would say none.

Oh, so you're a mind reader are you? And i thought starting out with an apology would stop fools like you whinging. Look, after spending hours looking at google, searching and posting on other forums, and doing a keyword search here i still hadn't had my specific questions answered.


Anyway, to all the other helpful people out there thanks for the tips. I think it looks like Shareaza, or specifically the gnutella1/2 network is the winner at the moment. Just wonderring if anyone moved from kazaa to sharezaa? Can you find the rare and obscure stuff as easily as you could on kazaa?

Thanks!

[F0wler]

Not always. I personally found that kazaa had it's golden age a while back (like a year) and I'm tired of poring over verified pages in order to avoid fakes and viruses. A good alternative is ares (cliche)

Shareza never really worked out for me, but ares is great!! :)

[MasterKaos]

so are you saying that ares has as good a selection of hard to find stuff as kazaa did in "the golden age"?

[Mels_Smileys45]

Kazaa never had a golden age, Morpheus was golden. Piece of shit now, but for one fleeting moment, it was nice.

It could be called a "Golden Moment"