We are proud to announce or very first release and we hope that there will be a lot more releases of FrostWire in the future.

This first one is mainly supposed to test our infrastructure for building installers and so on, so we can offer you high quality packages as soon as LimeWire goes DRM.

You can download FrostWire here:

FrostWire download

It will create a FrostWire folder in the preferences folder of osx (I suppose it's a new .frostwire folder under Windows) so it doesn't interfere with current LimeWire installation.

That's a good question to answer in the FrostWire.com FAQ, thanks

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Nice to see FrostWire is finally here. Just a very simple question 1st. Why are the OSX versions zipped. Is it due to dmg issues with some browsers. If so, why not use SIT/SITX?
Nice icon for OSX!!! For some reason when i unzipped it, I ended up with 2 identical folders (must have sticky fingers lol - using Stuffit Del'x 10)

I tried to run it whilst running LW & it refused to load. All I got each time was the load icon (as below). I didn't even see it on the activity monitor. It would kill itself immediately after this window appeared. So I thought this much feedback might be helpful ... not sure it it's due to specific user issue or not. Might be bandwidth issue but I somehow doubt it. Or perhaps it's a silly idea trying to have both running simultaneously, but thought I'd try anyway. I'm just not keen on killing LW at this very moment whilst I have my best host (re: specific content) in 4 yrs with several downlds going very well.

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Well ... It's up and running for me no problem (on it's own ... I closed Limewire first) I'm waiting for a download to finish. I notice that while there is a separate Frostwire Preference folder, It has apparently copied the Limewire Preferences, and is showing the same share and Incomplete downloads so I am wondering if I change preferences in one, they will change in the other. ..... Nothing else to report ... It's just like Limewire so far

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What's wrong with ZIP? What's the point of a plain DMG? Do you know that Stuffit Expander is no longer bundled with Mac OS X 10.4?

Your browser unzipped it automatically!

It's feature!

I must have missed seeing the unzipped folder which is a high possibility before i unzipped it. I'm surprised Tiger has dropped auto support for Stuffit. Must be a pr problem b/w apple & the new owners. After all, SITX is a more efficient archive than zip. So what program does Tiger offer to unzip files?

So it probably was then a silly idea trying to have both run simultaneously. Sorry then if my post is not so relevant then. I'll give proper feedback after I close LW & launch FW. BTW I don't run LW 4.9 The betas & user feedback killed my enthusiasm for it. I hope that don't put me in the bad books. But I did continue with 4.9 on windows. It's now time to try FW for win asaiavailable. Offline installation prefered.

So FW is designed to run only "if" LW is not? K then! lol
Having more than one p2p app running is what most of the mods do. I'll report back then when/if I have something more constructive & worthy to feedback upon.

(sheesh it took about 15 mins for my response to be accepted/loaded. Server I have no control over.)

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

FrostWire will copy some of the LimeWire settings when running it for the first time. The settings are from there on completely separate and as long as you have your FrostWire settings, FrostWire will not look for any LimeWire settings.

SITX is maybe more efficient than zip but I can still counter with bzip2. Stuffit is dead and bandwidth is currently not our main problem.

Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 have build-in support for the following types: bz, bz2, cpgz, cpio, gz, tar, tbz, tbz2, tgz, z and zip. And through the Create Archive command you can even create zip files. Read the ****ing Handbook!

/System/Library/CoreServices/BOMArchiveHelper.app


No, LW is designed to not let you open more than one instance and FW inherit this function.

How about implementing an IP blocking feature on FW?
Seeing the RIAA is already on LW's back it may be good practice...?

lol I have read many sources about osx except for the more in-depth about the underlying system/darwin. Sources I've read macos tips and tricks & OS X Bible.pdf & Inside_Mac_OS_X.pdf & VTC os X. I certainly didn't know about those functions within OS 10.3.9 but my manuals are old to say the least! lol
But I know little about OSX & even less as a whole. Only bits. My Unix/Xenix training & work experience is a long long ago & a day or then yesterday forgotten.
But I would recommend everyone who uses OSX to do some basic learning exercises to not only learn the basics but to learn what OSX can do. Scripts can stilll be applied if desired to one's customisation needs.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

Why is there a "magnetmix.com" add in the bottom-left of the screen? I thought idea with FW was to be add-free, nag-free etc...

I honestly didn't consider it an ad, but we shall remove it in the next version - unless somebody actually pays us for promoting a website where anybody can offer legitimate content for gnutella at no charge...

Peerguardian might also help in that regard: Peerguardian (FREE)

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

Unzipping the file did not create a seperate frostwire folder first (like limewire did), it just extracted everything into the current folder. Other than that, very nice. No upgrade pop-ups woo-hoo!!!

Maybe this is just a beta skin thing, but I miss the progress bar in the search results tab.

(Running FW under Linux, FC4)

Good work, amigos!