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JadeSnow
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2. January 2006 @ 07:59 |
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2. January 2006 @ 08:56 |
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I don't see much point in staying on that network, though. There are many less people than ther used to be, so there will be many less files than there used to be. I think it's time to move on. Maybe to limewire pro? A lot of winmx'ers have already...
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2. January 2006 @ 10:01 |
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I was a die hard WinMX fan for a long time, but now I have switched to LimeWire Pro, stricly b/c of lack of files and therefore speed.
LimeWire is whats hot (right now) ;-D
No sig for u!.
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RiTarDid
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2. January 2006 @ 12:10 |
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You're welcome....it IS peotic, isn't it?
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JadeSnow
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5. January 2006 @ 05:41 |
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LimeWire is good, but WinMX is way better. Those who left for Limewire actually came back saying WinMX had more selection and files than Limewire cos they can't find the stuff they want on Limewire. I have my best downloading the last 3 mths on WinMX having an average download speed of 100KB/sec and filling my 200 GB HDD twice over. Not to mention the 2000 rooms on WinMX offer more chat selection than most p2p networks. You should give WinMX a try cos most people are returning to WinMX and finding it fabulous :)
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5. January 2006 @ 05:53 |
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LimeWire is good, but WinMX is way better.
^^LOL^^. All I care about are the files and speed. Wich winMX does not have, and limewire does. And chat is pointless.
IMO ;-D
No sig for u!.
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RiTarDid
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5. January 2006 @ 06:23 |
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i agree chat is pointless, but chatrooms offer a great way to browse for less common files....
since the take-down there have been less files, but i have to disagree with you on speed. most newbs a lazybones who couldn't be bothered to resurrect the network are no longer there, so most of us that are left are super-geeks with more commonly solid connection speeds. my speed has been better since the take-down than ever before. also, there seem to be a lot less leeches, as they can't find the files they want; making for a more share oriented community than a smash-and-grab home for leeches. winmx is effectively back in the sixties, man; share and share alike.
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5. January 2006 @ 06:38 |
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I just tried WinMX last night and I cant find nearly what I can on LimeWire pro. I tried all different types of popular files in WinMX to test the speed, and I get nill. But hey diff. strokes for diff. folks ;-D
No sig for u!.
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JadeSnow
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5. January 2006 @ 09:21 |
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Tks Ritardid, glad to know you are on winmx too :)
Chrooks ... you should be in a Help room and let them get you sorted on yr speeds :)
Next time you come by, let me help you, just identify yourself with the same name :)
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DJCV
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6. January 2006 @ 10:45 |
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When the WinMX Peer Network was up & running - WinMX, in my experience was THE BEST P2P client - especially for music. Yes, it was a bit flaky with it's text-based interface and misc. problems, but I could ALWAYS find just about ANY music - especially rare DJ-only promos & imports ripped from vinyl.
I tried LimeWire and while I was impressed with it's sexy MAC-esque interface and the extent of it's P2P sharing capabilities of ALL types of files, it was a resource (memory/CPU/network bandwidth) and sluggish due to the fact that it's written in JAVA - which is an interpretive language - requiring the overhead of the JAVA runtime engine. After it became a "for-pay" software package, I promptly uninstalled in from my PC as it was full of adware.
eMule has become MY P2P client of choice. While there is nowhere NEAR the availability of music that I used to find on WinMX, eMule DOES have an extensive collection of MP3's, AVI's program and other content. The trick is to stick with the older version of eMule as this program has now become a "for-pay" P2P client as well.
You may agree - you may not - but these are my opinions based on several years of using ALL 3 of these P2P clients.
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6. January 2006 @ 11:06 |
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Chrooks ... you should be in a Help room and let them get you sorted on yr speeds :)
Not trying to be disrespectful here, but, winMX has not got as many peers as they used to, not as many files as they used to, and poor speeds now.
What is the big obsession with reviving winMX? without the peers & files, it's just a client; an interface. Just move onto another network with a healthy amount of peers, files & speeds. P2Ping is about the sharing of the files, not the clients. The clients need to be clean & easy to use which, granted, winMX is. But without the following, it is dead weight in my eyes.
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RiTarDid
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6. January 2006 @ 11:23 |
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I don't see much point in staying on that network, though. There are many less people than ther used to be, so there will be many less files than there used to be. I think it's time to move on.
All the more reason...if everyone leaves, no one's left.
The biggest problem with just letting it die and moving on, is that the baddies will move on to the next network (maybe it will be everyone's precious Limewire)....if we move on again and lazily let that one die; who's next? Don't forget; fasttrack was pronounced dead more than once, and kazaa's crappy interface and incosistent hashing is still around, 2.5 million users strong.
Besides that, I have taken everyone's knowledgable advice and tried limewire again....after the fourth blue screen of death I decided it wasn't the solution for me. Anyone else having this prob with 4.9?
Lethal's right, if the users abandon it, winmx dies; anyone interested in protecting freedom of data should be trying to revive it to stuff a big message up the ass of those responsible..."WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!!!"
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6. January 2006 @ 11:51 |
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The biggest problem with just letting it die and moving on, is that the baddies will move on to the next network
They will prolly shut down limewire with time, that's why people are making the most of the large amount of files available. Maybe you should too..
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(maybe it will be everyone's precious Limewire)
You make it sound like we are all Limewire fanboys, which is rather ironic considering you cannot let go of a dying FS app. I myself am a fan of getting free files.
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if we move on again and lazily let that one die; who's next? Don't forget; fasttrack was pronounced dead more than once, and kazaa's crappy interface and incosistent hashing is still around, 2.5 million users strong.
Thats what we want!! To send the RIAA and the like on wild goose chases. Until a law is passed that p2p filesharing clients are illegal, they'll have to take them down one by one, and with more clients being made than taken down, were never going to be running short - so just move on. :)
One door closed, another one opens. The fact you are trying to sell a dead horse is not actually helpful to the p2p community. What is helpful is putting yourself into another, better client and getting the files circulating properly...
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Lethal's right, if the users abandon it, winmx dies; anyone interested in protecting freedom of data should be trying to revive it to stuff a big message up the ass of those responsible..."WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!!!"
Bro, trust me, I am on your side, but keeping a dying network alive does more harm than good. I hate to say it, but in the case of WinMX, the RIAA have won.
Our solution - come back stronger - yes. But in a different area. An area which is heaving with files. The more files we share, the more it pisses them off. But we can't share maximum files if a section of the p2p community are still clung to a second-rate network.
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JadeSnow
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6. January 2006 @ 12:08 |
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The RIAA had only 1 chance to close WinMX down and they blew it. After RIAA forced FrontCode Technology (the makers of WinMX) to close their winmx.com site through a cease and desist order, the users of WinMX brought WinMX back ... and the RIAA did not expect a user revolt or a WinMX revolution. This time, RIAA can't close WinMX anymore. Limewire may get targetted by RIAA in the future ... but WinMX is already past that :)
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RiTarDid
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6. January 2006 @ 12:09 |
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Touche,Lethal. You put up a good debate, I may move on to something new, but you'll still find my share on winmx 'til there's no one left.
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6. January 2006 @ 12:50 |
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This time, RIAA can't close WinMX anymore.
How come?
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Limewire may get targetted by RIAA in the future ... but WinMX is already past that :)
I will move on from limewire if & when. You don't seem to get it. I could care less about which client I am using or which p2p network i am on. I, like 99.9% of torrenters care about speed, files. That's all.
I don't see the benefits of clinging onto winMX, and I don't really think the RIAA will give a shit, because their message is that they can, have & will shut down p2p sites.
I believe you need to think of the real reasoning behind p2p technology, and why your fight to keep one client alive is futile.
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pagan123
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6. January 2006 @ 13:11 |
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if u reely want winmx get limewire then download it from there then u will not have to pay for it lol thats what i done with limewire pro.
kris pagan
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DJCV
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8. January 2006 @ 20:30 |
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You're right - with the exception of a small handfull of OpenNap servers, WinMX is essentially DEAD. Considering the huge selection of rare ripped vinyl, DJ Promos and bootleg mixes that one could quicly find on WinMX prior to its demise, I think it's extremely unfortunate that WinMX has essentially died. This issue really is NOT the client software - but the P2P network/servers and users who used to use WinMX/OpenNap.
LimeWire has got lots of porn, a moderate amount of music, software, etc. YES - it's faster in terms of sourcing/downloading available files - but it's still a very cumbersome interpretive JAVA-based program, making it a resource hog. If I could find the stuff I'm looking for on LimeWire, I'd overlook the shortcomings of the client software.
eMule has proven to be the best replacement for WinMX in terms of the wide variety of music, programs and other content. It tends to be sluggish when downloading LARGE files - some which can take days-weeks to download. The fact that it downloads the files in non-contiguous chunks from various sources is a very ingenious part eMule's design.
I really don't get why everyone here does so much "bashing" back and forth as this really solves nothing. The P2P client/network you use has more to do with the type of content you're into rather than which client "sucks" or people's personal opinions about their experiences.
The RIAA can only do so much to put the screws to these P2P clients/networks. As soon as they shut one down - other technology will crop up that they won't be aware of. It's no different than media companies who continuosly implement new/harder to break protection schemes on their games and DVDs. If a consumer DVD player can play the disk, there's going to be a way to defeat such protection.
The "for-pay" music download services, such as iTunes are great if your taste in music is limited to consumer-targeted songs/CDs you can buy at a local retail store. Unfortunately, the DJ community out there is always looking for rare, promo-only, bootleg, imported, limited release singles - stuff you generally can't walk into Virgin records and find for sale on the racks.
Rather than wasting space in these forums bashing this program or ripping on that one - perhaps we could talk about what's new out there or discuss better ways to use existing free P2P software.
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RiTarDid
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9. January 2006 @ 19:52 |
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also interesting....:)
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15. January 2006 @ 15:04 |
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Frontcode will return!!! And winmx will be back!! I assure you!
The domain name frontcode.com is still in frontcode's hands. If we be patient many FS clients will spawn, and Winmx will move from the shadows to form a brand-new OpenNAP network/P2p network.
Frontcode is in toronto, why no drive by Frontcode and see what happened????!
No one can give you wiser advise than yourself.
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15. January 2006 @ 15:08 |
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o yes why no make another OpenNapster client?
Imagine a OpenNap client with thousands and thousands of servers?
The would be beyond any thing.
No one can give you wiser advise than yourself.
-Cicero
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15. January 2006 @ 15:19 |
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But who needs it? WINMX is just a distant name now. Get over it and move on. Filesharing isn't about the clients, it's the files that are important
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