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Offline jm
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« on: July 13, 2002, 11:29:06 AM »
Well, now that the RIAA has already shut down Napster, AudioGalaxy, and now is coming after KaZaA (and Morpheus and Grokster), the file sharing scene is kinda, rocky at best.

I use Grokster for various things, like music, music videos, etc etc. But, sometimes I cannot find some stuff (music) through Grokster (I refuse to use Morpheus/KaZaA again) and I\'m running out of alternatives.

I heard WinMX is another alternative. Feedback? I heard the latest version was buggy/slow and it just didn\'t sound promising. But again, I\'m taking it based apon user feedback.

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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2002, 11:30:36 AM »
this is like trying to put a wall around the ocean, it\'ll take FOREVER.

Something new will always be popping up,  this is a war the governement can\'t win.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2002, 11:30:41 AM »
What are your reasons for not wanting to use Kazaa?
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2002, 11:31:21 AM »
I gave up on winmx... it wont even kinda work for me.

right now im searching desperatly for ANYTHING.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2002, 11:31:57 AM »
I used to use WinMX.. it was pretty good (for music at least).  But didnt always find what i wanted.

I havent updated lately tho.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2002, 11:36:06 AM »
Why dont you people like Kazaa, it works awesome for me.

I actually use Kazaa lite, its spyware free.

the best file sharing program for file availability is eDonkey, I also use that.
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2002, 11:39:25 AM »
Oh, I\'ve used KaZaA lite before, then it told me to upgrade to a newer KaZaA (big mistake) and I was like, what the hell. But, I noticed it was slow and it didn\'t have good search results.

I\'m more in it for the music than anything. I can use Grokster for my software needs.
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2002, 11:41:21 AM »
*it seems kimhari doesnt know how to read the posts above him*;)
if yer looking for music i hear "blubster" is pretty good but i dont think anything could be better than the old napster :(, as for file sharing theirs this program called edonkey2000 (lol), i havent tried it but it seems to be one of the best.
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2002, 11:46:59 AM »
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*it seems kimhari doesnt know how to read the posts above him*;)


what are you talking about?

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if yer looking for music i hear "blubster" is pretty good but i dont think anything could be better than the old napster :(, as for file sharing theirs this program called edonkey2000 (lol), i havent tried it but it seems to be one of the best.
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edonkey is great, it has a bit of a different interface and sometimes it takes a while to connect to a server.  Takes some time to learn how to use it to its full potential too.
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2002, 11:50:00 AM »
And can you think of a better name for a program?

I use grokster too.  I really hope it doesn\'t get shut down.  It\'s the best working program I\'ve used so far.  WinMX is crap.  I tried it, and hated it.  Maybe I should try this edonkey thing though.  I may unfortunately have to switch to it in the future anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2002, 11:51:24 AM »
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what are you talking about?

im so tired i actually forgot why i wrote that.

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edonkey is great, it has a bit of a different interface and sometimes it takes a while to connect to a server.  Takes some time to learn how to use it to its full potential too.

thanks for sharing that info kimhari :), i might actually give this edonkey2000 (lol) program a whirl.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2002, 11:55:26 AM »
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And can you think of a better name for a program?

I use grokster too.  I really hope it doesn\'t get shut down.  It\'s the best working program I\'ve used so far.  WinMX is crap.  I tried it, and hated it.  Maybe I should try this edonkey thing though.  I may unfortunately have to switch to it in the future anyway.


Ya give it a try, Dont turn it down just becuase you might not understand it at first

heres some sites

http://www.edonkey2000.com/  <------ for the software

http://www.sharereactor.com <------for files

See theres a difference right there, there are edonkey sites that you can get files off of.  it gives u a url and the file downloads using edonkey.

But do not worry you can also type any search topic into edonkey, then extend to all the servers for maximum results.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2002, 11:58:30 AM »
I can\'t connect to any eDonkey servers:\\
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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2002, 12:11:19 PM »
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I can\'t connect to any eDonkey servers:\\


takes time, also helps if you download an extra server list
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2002, 01:41:08 PM »
I use WinMX. I tried downloading KaZaA, but it says that I\'m missing something that\'s neccesary to run it, and it just doesn\'t work. WinMX works for me, seems to get the job done nearly every time. Of course, I use AIM transfers a whole hell of a lot, too. Songs, files etc, AIM seems to work very, very nicely.

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