February 13, 2009 3:08 PM PST
First Look video: LimeWire 5
Torrenting might be all the rage, but that hasn't stopped Gnutella client LimeWire from a major update driven by an interface redo and Web 2.0 features.
LimeWire and other Gnutella-based programs are notorious for mislabeled and intentionally mistagged files, it's true. But some of LimeWire 5's social-networking features--such as creating lines of communication and file sharing between friends based on your Google/Jabber contacts--indicate that Gnutella's not dead yet.
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It's way too slow and uses too much memory (even without doing anything), because it's programmed in Java and apparently not very well done.
It's just another Gnutella client. Who cares that it has a friends function? Other apps have it to and who uses it?
So you're better of with uTorrent (for Torrents), Shareaza (for Gnutella, Gnutella2 and Torrents) and Graboid (for movies and series on Usenet).
- by TUNDRA35 May 10, 2009 7:38 AM PDT
- i gave up on Limewire a long time ago because my friend told me about Soulseek. Thats what i recommend to everyone when they ask how i download all my music. And if there really computer literate i tell em about torrents.
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