LimeWire free music downloads?

[lonewolf]

Has anybody used this Limewire free music download?

Is it true? No malware, adware or trojans? What's the catch?

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml

[bassist_25]

I use Limewire and it is the best file-sharing program that I've used so far. Though Aries comes in at a close second.

[ToonaRockGuy]

I use Kazaa Lite K++. No problems with that one.

[Colton]

I was using limewire about 5 years ago and it was hell. Maybe they've fixed things since then...

[SpellboundByMetal]

Soulseek for music. Ive been using it for YEARS. I never use anything else.

[Merge]

I have had some issues with Limewire. I downloaded a few versions of Dreamweaver (the website program, not the song) for our Mac G5, and a worm in one of the versions almost wiped out our hard drive. We managed to fix things, but it was a close call.

[Punkinhead]

I still use ye ol' Bittorrent.

[ToonaRockGuy]

Torrents are confusing to me, Punkinhead. We'll have to get together sometime so you can 'splain that to me.

[Punkinhead]

Torrents are confusing to me, Punkinhead. We'll have to get together sometime so you can 'splain that to me.

Cool man. I'd be down for that.

[SpellboundByMetal]

id say use Azureus or Utorrent for downloading torrents

[Punkinhead]

id say use Azureus or Utorrent for downloading torrents

Azureus is good, that's what I use mostly. It sure does like memory sometimes though..

[SpellboundByMetal]

I suggest Utorrent then. its a very small prog and works GREAT. doesnt use alot of mem either. i had a 13 gig file finish in 4 days.

[AceaDiamonds]

Use caution with file sharing programs. If you have any folders set up as shared, Microsoft defaults some, these are probably definately open to the outside. So check your shares. Also I recommend some type of firewall. Sygate is a pretty decent free one.

[HurricaneBob]

Use Peer Guardian with p2p's, hides your IP from the man.

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

[bfoust]

Yes, or use Protowall.

I myself use BitTornado for my legal downloads.

[SpellboundByMetal]

Thanks, Hurricane! youre the man.

[Punkinhead]

Use Peer Guardian with p2p's, hides your IP from the man.

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

Thanks man!

[AceaDiamonds]

I'm am trying Xandros on my PC since it is unix based. Trouble with wireless card. I am new to unix and having some trouble with command line BS. But I understand it is more secure than windows so I am giving it a shot.

[Punkinhead]

I'm am trying Xandros on my PC since it is unix based. Trouble with wireless card. I am new to unix and having some trouble with command line BS. But I understand it is more secure than windows so I am giving it a shot.

What kind of wireless card?

I use to use Xandros on a dual boot system at home here, until well, I wiped out my Windows partition...hahaha. That led to me getting another box for satisfying my Linux needs. Xandros is pretty decent, not my favorite of the Debian distros though. Ubuntu would have been a good choice for someone without much Linux background, IMO. It's kind of shitty about the way it (dis)allows root access but, is a good starting point. Fedora Core is my choice for my Linux box now though.

Once my gaming machine is deprecated I plan on switching to Mandriva because of the xGL support.

[SpellboundByMetal]

Punkinhead...i have NO clue what you just said there. Im not familiar w/ Linux @ all. whats the difference?

[AceaDiamonds]

I'm am trying Xandros on my PC since it is unix based. Trouble with wireless card. I am new to unix and having some trouble with command line BS. But I understand it is more secure than windows so I am giving it a shot.

What kind of wireless card?

I use to use Xandros on a dual boot system at home here, until well, I wiped out my Windows partition...hahaha. That led to me getting another box for satisfying my Linux needs. Xandros is pretty decent, not my favorite of the Debian distros though. Ubuntu would have been a good choice for someone without much Linux background, IMO. It's kind of shitty about the way it (dis)allows root access but, is a good starting point. Fedora Core is my choice for my Linux box now though.

Once my gaming machine is deprecated I plan on switching to Mandriva because of the xGL support.

Linksys...

I know it is installed OK cause I can get access from one of my neighbors(he he).

So I am trying to config like windows with encription so it must be something wrong with my settings. Just started toying with it last night.

[T@rgetDrone]

I hate being the messenger in these situations because it usually involves corny, cliche quotes like "Don't shoot the messenger just because you don't like the message." But I feel obligated to let those that will listen know. Granted, I'm no lawyer and I am not claiming to be an internet guru, but I do know a little.

Programs like Peer Guardian, Peer Guardian 2 and Protowall will not save your proverbial asses from any legal action. There are a multitude of reasons why they are nothing more than a false sense of security. Basically they're completely useless. Here's just a few examples as to why.

1) They have your IP address. Preventing them from connecting to you directly does NOT change anything from a legal standpoint.

2) The blocklists are publicly submitted information, full of wide banmasks, legitimate IPs, and the like. There are also legitimate IPs on the list as well as illegitimate IPs not on the list.

3) Since the blocklists are freely available to anyone, they know exactly what IP ranges are on the blocklist and what IP ranges are not.

4) There is nothing stopping them from outsourcing to another organization with a different IP range (a range not on the blocklist).

5) There is nothing stopping them from using a non-blocked, residential internet connection.... say from their very own home computer, just as one example.

A false sense of security is usually worse then no security at all. There are far better choices than BT and the like. If I'm not mistaken BT uses TCP which slows the D/L's considerably. Plus it hands out IP's like tic tacs at a breath mint convention. A better choice is to use i2p and i2phex. i2p handles things in a completely different manner and is far more secure. It uses UDP so bandwidth is far less of an issue. It "hides" your IP. It also has the ability for anonymous email like "yourchoice@mail.i2p" within the i2p network. The network even has its very own inproxy.

[SpellboundByMetal]

I have never heard of i2p before!

[Punkinhead]

Punkinhead...i have NO clue what you just said there. Im not familiar w/ Linux @ all. whats the difference?

Since it's open source, one thing that has occurred with it is that there are about a million (not literally) different versions of a UNIX like OS comprised of the Linux kernel (Wikipedia - couldn't think of a better way to say it). I have a preference towards the Red Hat based distributions, or distros (like Fedora Core, Mandriva to mention 2 of them). Xandros and Ubuntu are Debian based, which is somewhat different from the Red Hat based distros.

Distros are kind of explained better here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution

[SpellboundByMetal]

Does linux only work with certain software or all windows software?
i remember discussing different OS's in my comp sci class in HS....but i HATED my teacher, so i eventually stopped listening to his words. so, i dont remember anything about it.