LIMEWIRE VS. FROSTWIRE?

[igotone4ya]

CAN SOME ONE EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY HOW FROSTWIRE IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM LIME WIRE? I HAVE RUN BOTH PROGRAMS SIDE BY SIDE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY RAN EXACTLY THE SAME. I DOWNLOADED A MOVIE TO COMPARE AND AND NO DIFFERENCE. IF THERE IS SOMETHING I AM MISSING PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

[LuckyDucky]

Well . . .

1. Limewire
2. ???
3. PROFIT!

But really:

Limewire Pro=Frostwire
Limewire~Frostwire

In being that you could always find a hacked version of Limewire Pro, which has that nifty little Turbo-Charged connection, or skip it all and get Frostwire, which doesn't have Turbo-Charging. Might be that it's just a gimmick though to get more people to use it.

[mr frosty]

Frostwire, which doesn't have Turbo-Charging. Might be that it's just a gimmick though to get more people to use it.

Incorrect, frostwire does allow the 'Turbo-Charged' connection, however it makes very little difference in my experience to the speed of downloads. The speed of downloads is proportional to your upload rate - which is directly linked to your bandwidth - more bandwith faster downloads. However you can only download as fast as the person you are sharing with can upload, so if you are downloading from 1 person connected by a modem, it will take alot longer than downloading from serveral hosts, with more bandwidth (faster connections).

[igotone4ya]

after further review i am convinced that frostwire is nothing more than the new release of lime wire with a different name! This is not to say that frostwire is a bad p2p. I am mearly saying that it is not at all different

[mr frosty]

Frostwire is not a 'new release' of limewire, but as LW released their code, FW is based on LW source code:

http://www.frostwire.com/?module=about

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.

LimeWire LLC has been considering an alternative path to keep them out of any legal situations they could be forced into. From what we understand, LimeWire LLC intends to implement a DRM filtering technology into their client. If LimeWire ever decides to implement this DRM technology, we will be prepared to remove it from our code and distribute the client under our own branding. However, we will continue supporting the LimeWire client development and do not wish to make fundamental or drastic changes to the LimeWire core itself. FrostWire will not break with LimeWire's design philosophy. We will always do our best to maintain a strong relationship with the LimeWire Development Team.

FrostWire, although very much like LimeWire, will never offer a paid version or a subscription service for the download or use of the FrostWire application. FrostWire is a not-for-profit project. We will never bundle our software with any type of adware, spyware, malware or collect any personal or private data. FrostWire will always remain free as in both price and freedom.

[LuckyDucky]

SIMPLY put: Limewire Pro = Frostwire.

[Only A Hobo]

I was vaguely under the impression that Frostwire = Limewire Basic, although I am also aware that it does on occasions perform more like Limewire Pro, but it's not the first time my news gathering abilities may have screwed up

[birdy]

afaik, Hobo is right.
FW connects to 3 ultrapeers (same as LW basic), LW Pro connects to 5.
LW basic & FW can connect to 8 hosts (10 if you have a T3 connection).
LW Pro can connect to 10 hosts (14 if you have a T3 connection).

If I've got this wrong then I'm sure somebody will tell me.
Maybe Ian could give us a definite answer

[Only A Hobo]

What I do wonder is whether Frostwire has any fine tuning which makes it perform better than Limewire, or perhaps this is like asking for the ingredients of Coca Cola

[fw]

If by fine tuning you mean hacking the source code, then yes, and the 'ingredients' are right on the main page!

[omnislashboy]

hmmm... this post has answered more than one question for me... I'm content!

[igotone4ya]

well after using fw for a while now i can tell u the difference~

mainly there is no filtering of content~ which is what p2p should be all about!

also i will tell u that i've gotton 10 hosts with speeds up to 500kb's, although speratic, it is beatifull

[Lone Ranger]

Well . . . 1. Limewire 2. ??? 3. PROFIT! But really:
Limewire Pro=Frostwire Limewire~Frostwire
In being that you could always find a hacked version of Limewire Pro, which has that nifty little Turbo-Charged connection, or skip it all and get Frostwire, which doesn't have Turbo-Charging. Might be that it's just a gimmick though to get more people to use it.

SIMPLY put: Limewire Pro = Frostwire.

Does this person always talk without experience. They've obviously never tried multiple versions of LW Pro & Basic. Pretending to know but are totally ignorant. Have you really tried both LW Basic, Pro, FW & multiple versions of each. I have & you're obviously not contributing anything of fact. But only your own ignorant & delusioned based assumptions & lack of experience & guesses, & prejudiced thoughts. How about stating facts rather than some nazi opinion. (sorry for the heat!)

Take a look at the LW code & compare it to FW. Tell me what's the difference. And look at the pro code. So what can you tell me ... which parts of the code are different? Which parts? Learn before you preach! !! That's all I wanted to say. lol

Edit: Oh & btw LW does not filter content by default. Only if you choose it to. It's purely an optional setting. Though after their court case & fines, that might change. But that really only affects people seeking copyright material. The gnutella network was not designed for the purpose of downlding common copyright material. If you don't download copyright material then it won't affect you. At least at this point.

Again ... sorry for the tone!!!

[gubatron]

Ayo Silver!!!

[Libertine]

Really I'd say Frostwire is better than Limewire because there is no charge for a better version so nothing is left out and there is no adware. I'm weary. using programs that offer buyable versions. Of course we won't have any of Limewire's copyright filtering. So really it's more like Limewire Basic with none of the crap.