Another nice gtk-gnutella version has been released. Get it from the homepage on gtk-gnutella.sf.net.
From the release notes (changes since 0.91.1):
- Now supports Ultrapeers, which means GTKG can work as an ultra node or as
a leaf node. You can still run as a normal node, although this is not
something wise to do, because that will likely relagate you to a small part
of the Gnutella network. - New icons for showing node state (leaf or ultra mode).
- The GTK2 front-end is no longer experimental, albeit it is slower than
the GTK1.2 front-end. This is due to the somewhat inefficient
implementation of the underlying GTK library. Don’t use GTK2 unless you
have the equivalent of a 1 GHz Intel chip. - Added client-side PFSP support (partial file sharing). GTKG can download
from servers holding partial files. - Added full PARQ support (Passive / Active Remote Queuing), both for upload
and downloads. - New Gnet statistics: flow-controlled packets per TTL and hops.
- The “Type” column in the Gnet connection pane was turned into “Flags”.
- Added support for GGEP in pings/pongs/pushes: those packets are now
accepted and forwarded to connections advertising GGEP support. - New “use surplus bandwidth” setting: all unused bandwidth for Gnet or HTTP
can be stolen by the other in case it needs some. - Added count for total bytes uploaded and downloaded.
- Added support for vendor-specific messages.
- New hops-flow support: remote flow-controlled connections can now warn us
that they are flow-controlling us, and so we can drop queries immediately
instead of sending them, saving outgoing bandwidth. - Will now show the GTKG version in query hits.
- The queue now shows the count of alive downloads, as well as the queue count.
An “alive” download is an entry for which the remote server replies. - Changed the connection algorithm: will now attempt to connect to more
nodes than really configured, dropping the surplus connections later, when
needed at all. - Filters out hostile IP addresses.
- New “fileinfo” pane in the download screen. Not finished, but will show
the currently registered downloads and their status. - Domain name resolution for Gnutella web cache are now done asynchronously.
The GUI will no longer freeze due to a DNS request. - Some performance improvements: removed the most important bottlenecks.
Have fun with it!
