there are plenty of gnutella clients out there. certain are more finished.. right now theres a client called gnucleus. its stable and runs the cpu at good speeds even with my 233mhz, and its all open source.

the person who makes gnotella doesnt have an obligation to fix it (fast).. they could stop making it right now. so if its not working too well for you, dont use it. its not like its a finished product. you would probably do better if you went and picked up gnucleus for right now.. and then test future versions of gnotella. Once all the problems get fixed it will most likely be the best gnutella client out there.