I just got my powerbook, and was wondering if anyone else with a mac knew of a fast/reliable P2P program for file sharing, without spyware.
Thanks - sorry if this isnt appropiate
Byron
Thanks - sorry if this isnt appropiate
Byron
P2P for Macs
- Thread starter trialsboy50
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I use limewire. It's not great, but it works.
Here are some options: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=p2p&plt[]=macosx&x=0&y=0
Here are some options: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=p2p&plt[]=macosx&x=0&y=0
Poisoned is pretty decent too. Macs don't really have spyware. at least not in the same capacity as PC's. Not a big enough market to write that crap I guess!
you can search for poisoned on versiontracker. Also check out Bit Torrent, which is alot better than standard P2P stuff.
you can search for poisoned on versiontracker. Also check out Bit Torrent, which is alot better than standard P2P stuff.
so if one was about to buy a mac but had some reservations because the lack of available "free software" one of those could provide the appropriate means to get that software? 
neaky:
did i tread light enough?
neaky:did i tread light enough?
pirating software over the internet is a bad idea, both mac and pc. steal it from a lab computer at school if you insist on doing something illegal (altho i suppose if you're at school you can get academic pricing on it already). moral of the story: don't be cheap if you're in school, and don't whine if you get prosecuted or download a trojan if you try to pirate from unknown sources.
(and yes, there was one "trojan" for os x, in quotes since it was ridiculous: a 100kB script named as "Office 2005" or something like that. you have to be _really_ dumb to think office is that small first off...)
(and yes, there was one "trojan" for os x, in quotes since it was ridiculous: a 100kB script named as "Office 2005" or something like that. you have to be _really_ dumb to think office is that small first off...)
Limewire
Tomato Torrent (courtesy of Toshi). Don't forget that there's nothing anonymous about bittorrent (or any of them, really, but BT is very easy to track) so be careful.
there's also an e-donkey client for OS X but i've found it takes forever to download anything.
Tomato Torrent (courtesy of Toshi). Don't forget that there's nothing anonymous about bittorrent (or any of them, really, but BT is very easy to track) so be careful.
there's also an e-donkey client for OS X but i've found it takes forever to download anything.
yo thad, drop limewire. Poisoned does gnutella and a few other networks, too (openFT for one) and is not slow/java.
http://gottsilla.net/poisoned.php
http://gottsilla.net/poisoned.php
I tried poisoned about a year ago and didn't like it. Can't remember why, tho. Might be better now...Toshi said:
well, if you don't like poisoned and are content with just gnutella then at least switch to acquisition...
http://www.acquisitionx.com/
ugh. looks like the author has gone shareware? nvmd if so. that's a dumb idea if i've ever seen one: asking people to pay money for a program whose implied purchase is to steal others' intellectual property.
http://www.acquisitionx.com/
ugh. looks like the author has gone shareware? nvmd if so. that's a dumb idea if i've ever seen one: asking people to pay money for a program whose implied purchase is to steal others' intellectual property.