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Comments on: P2P heats up with FrostWire

A redo of LimeWire gets reborn with a blue interface and some LimeWire Pro features as FrostWire. Is it worth getting?

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by bj02454 November 21, 2007 3:29 PM PST

...too bad it sucks up memory and CPU like nothing else - on my system with a 2ghz Pentium M and a gig of ram, it takes up 60-90% CPU at all times, making system performance sluggish (even when not downloading at all).

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by 24-7 November 23, 2007 3:41 PM PST: @ bj02454

Id check what version of Java you are running, ive had that problem in the past. However one day java update ran and sorted it all out.; Like this


by Melnychuker December 23, 2007 8:58 PM PST: That's funny... Because I'm running it perfectly: No slow down, hardly and system usage. On my machine with a P4 1.6ghZ with 768mb of RAM.; Like this


by ball908765 November 28, 2008 8:44 PM PST: I'm also running it perfectly...don't know my cpu but...1.5 gig of ram, taking up 90k space which is normal...but I still have lots of cpu to waste! Nothing basically ever consumes more than 5 cpu, and then its just a burst.; Like this

by rrtopaz November 24, 2007 7:45 AM PST

Frostwire, Limewire, Citrixwire, whatever; all made by the same gang of developers who splinter off into other groups...they all suck, using lotsa mem and adding bogus files not related to your searches. i actually paid for limewire a coupla years back and realized this is NOT it.
i'm very pleased with the one p2p program i have now (that i won't mention) which i got free here @ download.com, and it has no viruses, bum files, unrelated finds, etc...in other words: perfect!

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by vcotty November 26, 2007 6:00 AM PST: Well Ill say the name for you...

eMule v0.48a

and you are right PERFECT! is the word.; Like this


by splendorguy November 26, 2007 7:30 AM PST: Whats the other p2p program ur talkin about? I feel the same way bout limewire etc... and want something better.; Like this


by dmxepe November 26, 2007 8:13 AM PST: ey is there a way you can email me the name of the file you use? dmxepe@yahoo.com i need something bettermyself; Like this


by dmxepe November 26, 2007 8:48 AM PST: what do you think the best burner is?; Like this


by rahul1509 November 26, 2007 9:14 AM PST: thanx; Like this Reply to this comment


by pillar110 November 26, 2007 10:56 AM PST: cool my cpu worx wery good... i dont know what about you guys.....????; Like this Reply to this comment


by pillar110 November 26, 2007 10:58 AM PST: good.....my CPU worx very good....it didn't suck my CPU up.....but id dont know what about you guys...???; Like this Reply to this comment

by schattenseele November 26, 2007 12:49 PM PST

I can't even get it to work on my computer, period!!! The download works just fine, the install wizard works fine, but every time I start it up, I get the startup screen, then nothing! has anyone else had this problem? I should have just stuck with LimeWire Pro...

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by ecold727 November 26, 2007 1:40 PM PST: I would almost bet if you do an Alt+Tab you may see a window stuck behind the splash screen. just something to check.; Like this


by danielj1987 November 26, 2007 4:11 PM PST: eh, i avoid the wires. i'm on another downloader that works oh so much better. i prefer it and have reccommended it to others. i'm just going to avoid these altogether; Like this Reply to this comment


by Minotauro79 November 27, 2007 12:40 PM PST: These p2p programs are so kiddie like imo. Why not use bittorrent and a private tracker of your choice or one of the safer public trackers like TPB or mininova? Or learn about usenet? Cnet has articles like this on here but would most likely be the first to make p2p filesharing out to be nothing but irresponsible people stealing copyright protected material. I'm curious what exactly Seth Rosenblatt was downloading.; Like this Reply to this comment


by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 December 30, 2007 3:20 PM PST: I am not happy how LimeWire is going "legit." I am sorry if I sound selfish to all those artists who try to make money by selling their music, but it just wouldn't get anymore. Because.. I remember BearShare being illegal and then went "legit." BearShare used to be free, fast, and very easy to use. And ever since they went "legit", they stopped allowing searches for ANYTHING except music and videos which were all licensed, unburnable, protected, .wma files, and after a short amount of time having it, it would ask you to purchase a lincense. You basically downloaded a song to be shoved in your face, then can't even license to it unless you pay for it. I found that very strange. Ever since then, I gave BearShare a very low rating, and so did many other users.

I honestly hope LimeWire gets better and not worse, and if they start selling music, it would just lose users (that's my opinion.) Maybe getting rid of those many junk and virus-infected files on LimeWire would help a lot too!

If FrostWire has a good reputation of FREE material, I would consider it, but the reviews I saw for it was terrible. Thank you for sharing!; Like this Reply to this comment


by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 December 30, 2007 3:22 PM PST: listen to the music*

wouldn't get anywhere*

Sorry for my mistakes, I forgot to proof read.; Like this Reply to this comment


by rluckey77 January 11, 2008 11:37 PM PST: For any of you having connections with either LimeWire or FrostWire, this might be helpful. I had downloaded LimeWire Pro a while ago, but could never get connected -- I just got the "Starting Connection" text in the bottom left corner of the program, and one of the five bars. I tried messing around with my antivirus, configuring my firewall, etc., but still no luck.

I sent a letter to LimeWire Support, they asked me was I using a router, did my ISP use a proxy or block the Gnutella network. Nothing there turned out to be helpful. So I turned to my buddy Google, searched "LimeWire" and "connection problem", was taken to gnutellaforums.com (why didn't Support point me in that direction??), where there was an immediately visible sticky note addressing this problem. They said to delete (or re-name) the "gnutella.net" file in the LimeWire folder in Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Limewire, then replace it with one they had a link to. That solved the problem. I was trying to use FrostWire at that point, and it got FrostWire working fine. I then took a look at the corresponding file gnutella.net file in my LimeWire Pro folder in Application Data folder, and found it to be a 0 kb file. Sheesh......

Seems verrrrrry strange that LimeWire instllation would install a worthless 0 byte file, but it did. If you are having connection problems, head to gnutellaforums.com and look for topic "Connection Problems" in the Technical Support thread. Good info there.

Program seems to work fine for me, tho at times the CPU usage does skyrocket, not sure what's going on there....

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by downloadfan88 January 25, 2008 7:20 AM PST

Yeah but i found something called frostwire pro! Downloaded it, they say that there is a team who wants to make it less resource needed program and i must say they have done it well. I dont know if its okay to post this here, but http://www.frostwire-pro.org was the place where i downloaded it and it worked well..

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by lamer04 February 18, 2008 7:56 AM PST: Two things:

One, it's either you're someone who thinks that your some smart-ass that can easily scam people for having them pay for something that is completely free.

Or two, you're some kind of idiot for paying for something that is totally free and that is Frostwire. Sorry to say, but you've been fooled.

The Frostwire Pro you're talking about doesn't even exist. That site you posted will just charge people per download of the Frostwire available here and on the official site. So be careful, people.; Like this