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Old August 1st, 2004
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Question Alternative to LimeWire

I am a beginner at p2p and would like to know if there is an alternative to limewire für Mac OS X users?
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Für MacOSX users there is no solche alternative. At least none that ich would recommend.

Phex works on MacOSX but it's java too and LimeWire is the more feature rich client. There are Acquisition and Acqlite, the former allegedly violates the GPL, the later is not maintained anymore and both of them are based on LimeWire.

There is Poison which connects to the Fasttrack network but I'd say LimeWire is better (still, you might want to try that). On windows or linux there would be some alternatives but not for OSX unless you manage to compile gtk-gnutella under OSX.
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There are Acquisition and Acqlite, the former allegedly violates the GPL
Can you explain what you mean here in more detail. I'm asking purely out of curiosity.
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I just found this thread, and I'd like to comment on it, even thought it's quite old:

Acquisition has a proürietary GUI but uses the GPL licenses LimeWire Core.

It might be that the developer found a way around the GPL, but it's a narrow issue.

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Phex is a real alternative if you look for a less resource hungry replacement which offers advanced features like private networks and decentral content distribution.
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