p2p software. What's best in your opinion?

kneeslasher · Aug 29, 2004

eDonkey2000/OverNet. Now comes with plugins for a host of different networks too.

andypop · Aug 29, 2004

FistfulofAngst said:
I had the same problem with acqlite and java. after searching the acqlite mb I found a 'fix' that someone created you can download here.

at first it didn't seem to want to connect to the network but within a few minutes it should connect. after that it's all smooth sailing.

ack! sorry, I totally forgot to tell you about the java patch.

when apple updated Java last year, acqlite quit working, but they provided a patch within a couple days that fixed it.

still the best P2P around (uses limewires networks too, so no need for that dog)

/apop

1rottenapple · Aug 30, 2004

cool I'll try this aquite thingy this thursday.

mms · Sep 1, 2004

Can't believe nobody mentioned XFactor. It's a nice little app. Can't compare it to Acqlite since I haven't tried it but it's free and I for one prefer it to Acquisition.

spaceballl · Sep 2, 2004

I've used the free version of Acquisiton forever, and I think it's the best... Poisoned is great too. But last week, I had some extra money in my Paypal account so i decided to go and buy Acquisition

. The developer is always in the forums and every time a new feature comes up, he adds it!
-Kevin

spaceballl · Sep 2, 2004

acqlite hasn't been udpated in forever
yuck

Brian Haworth · Sep 3, 2004

Dudes, Acquisition only costs money if you want to get rid of the nag window. It works perfectly unregistered.
And "phoning home" is only a problem if you pirate it.

Bluefusion · Sep 3, 2004

xfactor (www.xfactor.cc) is by far the best of all. Fast, beautiful to look at, and without any of the bloat and phoning-home of Acq. There is no more competition; XFactor is leaps and bounds ahead of every other Mac P2P app, and they are ahead of all Windows-based P2P... hehe!

janey · Sep 4, 2004

Bluefusion said:
xfactor (www.xfactor.cc) is by far the best of all. Fast, beautiful to look at, and without any of the bloat and phoning-home of Acq. There is no more competition; XFactor is leaps and bounds ahead of every other Mac P2P app, and they are ahead of all Windows-based P2P... hehe!

uhhhh
i disagree

i personally like BitTorrent. More legit than the non-legit uses though. Getting big Linux ISOs is as simple as downloading the torrent and clicking on it twice

aswitcher · Sep 4, 2004

übergeek said:
uhhhh
i disagree

i personally like BitTorrent. More legit than the non-legit uses though. Getting big Linux ISOs is as simple as downloading the torrent and clicking on it twice

Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.

janey · Sep 4, 2004

aswitcher said:
Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.

Eh, i disagree with that too. I've gotten 200KB/s+ on BitTorrent (as opposed to max 90KB/s for popular files with Poisoned/XFactor/Acq(whatever)/other Mac p2p apps), and BitTorrent is a great way to get idiot leechers out there to help seed. There are all these f*gs on P2P networks that never share, and with the way BitTorrent works, people generally download more the more they upload. And you can always limit your upload too, that should _never_ be a problem.

I DESPISE leechers. That's why BitTorrent is starting to become ****. If everyone only uploaded 1/2 of what they downloaded, then we wouldnt have slow speeds and crazy **** like what happens on big files, I upload more than 4 gigs and I've only downloaded 1/2 of a 2 gig file.

aswitcher · Sep 4, 2004

übergeek said:
Eh, i disagree with that too.

I DESPISE leechers. That's why BitTorrent is starting to become ****. If everyone only uploaded 1/2 of what they downloaded, then we wouldnt have slow speeds and crazy **** like what happens on big files, I upload more than 4 gigs and I've only downloaded 1/2 of a 2 gig file.

Sure, but BitTorent to my knowledge doesn't allow any caping at all of the upload stream and so it can dominate the adsl and screw with other apps like safari. If they at least had an option to limit upload to the max download or some such then it wouldn't constantly interfer with traffic. Unless you know something I dont this is what happens when I use it.

janey · Sep 4, 2004

aswitcher said:
Sure, but BitTorent to my knowledge doesn't allow any caping at all of the upload stream and so it can dominate the adsl and screw with other apps like safari. If they at least had an option to limit upload to the max download or some such then it wouldn't constantly interfer with traffic. Unless you know something I dont this is what happens when I use it.

wrong

here are the screenshots from (i believe) the latest versions of the official BitTorrent client for Mac and Tomato Torrent, my favorite torrent app

There are other places in the two apps to change the upload speed and other prefs, but those two are the easiest to find and the first to come to mind.

aswitcher · Sep 4, 2004

übergeek said:
wrong
here are the screenshots from (i believe) the latest versions of the official BitTorrent client for Mac and Tomato Torrent, my favorite torrent app
There are other places in the two apps to change the upload speed and other prefs, but those two are the easiest to find and the first to come to mind.

Ok, well I'll have another look around and see if I can find a version with these features

janey · Sep 4, 2004

aswitcher said:
Ok, well I'll have another look around and see if I can find a version with these features

i'd post a screenie of azureus too, but seems that sf is down for maintenance right now (and azureus, because it is hosted on sf - well the download links from the mirrors anyway - can't be gotten).

yeah, the latest version of those two clients should have it. In fact, all the versions should. Sometimes you just have to look around, but they're definately there. if there was no upload control, wow

iLikeMyiMac · Sep 4, 2004

übergeek if you can't get a screenshot of azureus then perhaps I'll post one.

janey · Sep 4, 2004

iLikeMyiMac said:
übergeek if you can't get a screenshot of azureus then perhaps I'll post one.

yay thanks

sweetness.

andypop · Sep 5, 2004

aswitcher said:
Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.

it's definitely draining (I can barely stand to use my connection at all when using BT), but you it's fast sometimes. I've nabbed large-ish files (a few hundred megs) in less than two hours.

BT is reliable, and the larger files are available. You just gotta make sure to start the downloads when you go to bed. Don't bother trying to download while you're still using your computer.

/apop

d.f · Sep 5, 2004

my vote

i've used them all and i prefer Xfactor.

nice. simple. always working.

jKmxxx · Sep 6, 2004

I am using Azureus. (BitTorrent)
This App allows you to resume download at anytime. =D
Visit here for more information: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Also check is app out at Versiontracker:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22820

Remember to open up the port 6881 for Azureus to max speed.

Try it out.

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