LimeWire on OS/2
 

Hello,

LimeWire works fine on OS/2. Sample screenshot of my desktop - http://os2.in.ru/download/eros2/LimeWire.png

So, may be it will be good idea mentoin OS/2 in list of OSes where LimeWire working?

Also, why not create "system independed" installation packet? For example, in addition to existing list (Linux package, Windows no VM package, etc...) add package for "any Java-enabled platform".

IMHO, it would be nice.

TIA,
Eugene.

I too have good results running LimeWire under OS/2 with the Java 1.4 package from InnoTek. I have been downloading the Solaris version and unpacking it. It might be nice if there was a Zipped package distributed in addition to the .gtar, but it is not that big a deal to deal with.

My only observation is that LimeWired tends to crash pretty regularly (I've written a simple script to restart it automatically). I wonder whether this is the LimeWire code or the Java implementation.

cool. FWIW, why not post a magnet to your compiled versions, like trap_jaw has? See http://magnetdb.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=17

I'd guess the LW business office would be reluctant to advertise a build they couldn't support, but it sure is good to hear that they set up the project so others can build their own.

cheers.

Actually, I am not recompiling the source; I am using the Solaris version, which runs fine using the OS/2 Java run-time. The code is cross-platform, right?

Note about crashes - it depends on which java version/vendor used and how it used.

If IBM JVM 1.3.1 is using - it may need to disable JIT, which occasionally crash.
Issuing SET JAVA_COMPILER=XXX helps.

For Innotek JVM 1.4.2 - some old versions if this JVM have stability problems, now it fixed (i hope ;).

I personally use JVM 1.4.1 from GoldenCode Development. It runs flawlessly.

Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I have InnoTek's JVM version 1.4.2 (build 1.4.2_01-b06) installed, which I downloaded about two weeks ago. Based on my experience with LimeWire, it doesn't seem particularly stable; morever, it corrupts the video regularly, requiring a reboot.

I have just filled in an application form at the GoldenCode website and hopefully I can try its version within a day or two.

Hi again,

I don't know what the deal with GoldenCode is; I have had no response. A real pity; I would love to try their Java.

They are sloooow... I wait about two weeks. But another people got reply faster. So, it depends. %-)

Still no word from GoldenCode, but I have a new P4 system since several days on which I have installed eCS, and LimeWire runs much, much better now with the same Java 1.4 from Innotek. It hasn't crashed once, even running Ultrapeer 24/7.