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- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
14,917,462
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/VistaJava Runtime Environment 1.6 or greater
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 24, 2007
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Publisher's description of FrostWire 4.13.2
From FrostWire:FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire Gnutella client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network.
Editor's review of FrostWire 4.13.2
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- "Frosty yet hot"
- Version reviewed: FrostWire 4.13.2
FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire source code, and as such, it functions exactly the same. When you search for a file using FrostWire, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa.
However, the user experience differs in two ways. One is that the code is actually based on LimeWire Pro, the paid version of the popular P2P client, so users don't have to worry about simultaneous download restrictions, and they won't get bombarded by ads. Also, befitting the name, the interface has changed from green to blue and has been slightly improved. Tabs have rounded corners, and there are two additions, as well. Connections monitors your outgoing and incoming connections by host name, but also provides bandwidth information, the vendor and version being used, and more. There's also a built-in community chat.
When we tested it, the built-in media player in FrostWire didn't work with MP3s or MPGs, although those files worked fine in LimeWire and elsewhere. The app also comes bundled with the ASK toolbar, but you can opt out of that during the installation process. While some people have experienced faster download times with FrostWire compared with its parent, others have not. FrostWire and LimeWire are practically indistinguishable, although the lack of ads is a big plus.
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User reviews of FrostWire 4.13.2
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1220 votes
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10 out of 26 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.13.2
"A very nice P2P application!"
Pros: Although this is a nice, "Limewiwe" cloned P2P application it has one flaw. It does however, has several pros to. This has the nicest (colors) GUI of all the "Limewire" engined programs. Many sources, fast downloads and runs great on a "Vista" system. It is spyware free. Unfortunately it supports one misleading add and the hype is not fully true. MP3 Torpedo has the same engine, same sources and no add. Thats one of the two P2P applications I can recommend for "Vista" users.
Cons: They claim it's the same, in speed and sources as the old "Limewire Pro" but it is just an off line installer for "Vista" version of "Limewire Basic". And when it opens, at the bottom of the interface, there is an add claiming a "newer version is available". If you click on it, you are redirected to "Limewire's" home page where they are trying to sell it's pro version.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.13.2
Pros: Frostwire & Limewire are both exactly the same product. Performance is therefore exactly the same.
Cons: As above
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1 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.13.2
"Fastest most simple file sharing software!"
Pros: Faster then the free version of Limewire. Simple, updated often.
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.13.2
Pros: Much better than Limewire! I'm never going to switch back to Limewire, as I'll be sticking with FrostWire!
Cons: N/A
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.13.2
Pros: I am well impressed with Frostwire I have used most of the others and this one works great for me.
Cons: A little complicated for beginners maybe.
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