Limewire vs. Frostwire
 

I've been a longtime Limewire user and am wondering since there has been so many connection problems since the court order (reloading fixes etc.), is it best just to switch to Frostwire? I've never tried Frostwire, has its database now grown larger than Limewire once was?

Have you tried http://www.gnutellaforums.com/gettin...e-edition.html :) You should not have any connection problems with the pirate version due to it using bootstrap connections. However it is LW 5. But no legal notices.

No I never had tried the pirate edition yet but now I have;) works great! Thanks LOTR! What I had was 5.5.9, no problems with the DL or takeover of old music files. Thanks again.

There is no actual database. Search results in LW show what is available from other users who are logged onto the Gnutella network at the same time as you. That is why the same search, done hours apart, will reveal different results.

As of the last 2 to 3 months I'd say Frostwire has more on there than lime. Especially evening hours between 6 and Midnight Eastern. Would anybody disagree with that?

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I've used both, but FrostWire is the best. I use iMesh now, though.

Yes it's true. Frostwire has more music than Lime. That's a shame. I do mostly rock/pop 60-90's, and I have to say it's nothing like it used to be.

I don't think you are getting it. Both FW and LW connect to exactly the same network, so essentially FW can't "have" more music than LW. FW can however be better coded to connect to better Ultrapeers. OR more likely (since both are based on the same code) it's a luck of the draw.

Try searching in both after being long connected (several hours) as UP instead of a leaf to prevent misleading results.

Another scenario could be that more Gnutella users using Frostwire as a client are sharing your type of music. And it's known that client programmers often make their client prefer their own kind as they say.

This does not change the fact that all the music is on the Gnutella network being shared by users using all sorts of clients, so maybe a non-discriminatory client would find much better results than FW or LW.

Thanks Sleepless!