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juju · 07-23-2002, 12:53 PM

I think that the best Gnutella client for Linux is gtk-gnutella. It has great filtering rules, and it's much faster than Limewire (at least on my 700mhz Duron). Also, when you're downloading from someone, it tells you whether or not they're running Morpheous, gnut, gtk-gnutella, Limewire, or whatever. Although that's not really useful information, I just think it's hella cool.

I've found that with Gnutella, you really need broadband for it to work well. I usually load it up and let it sit there for about 10 minutes before I try searching for anything. That gives it ample opportunity to find other servers.

For Windows, I think that the best client is Gnucleus. I've never tried E-Donkey or Kazaa, so I can't comment on those.

07-23-2002, 12:53 PM	#3
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	I think that the best Gnutella client for Linux is gtk-gnutella. It has great filtering rules, and it's much faster than Limewire (at least on my 700mhz Duron). Also, when you're downloading from someone, it tells you whether or not they're running Morpheous, gnut, gtk-gnutella, Limewire, or whatever. Although that's not really useful information, I just think it's hella cool. I've found that with Gnutella, you really need broadband for it to work well. I usually load it up and let it sit there for about 10 minutes before I try searching for anything. That gives it ample opportunity to find other servers. For Windows, I think that the best client is Gnucleus. I've never tried E-Donkey or Kazaa, so I can't comment on those. Last edited by juju; 07-23-2002 at 12:55 PM.