A beta version of LW 2.0.5 is now available for all platforms at http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download_beta. The main goal of this release is to increase the horizon of leaf nodes. A second goal is to reduce confusion about leaf mode. New features:
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<li>ultrapeers don't decrement TTL of queries from leaf nodes. Hence connected leaves should see more results.
<li>ultrapeers have enforced KEEP_ALIVE of at least six. User is informed if he tries to set it too low. Also, user informed if he's a leaf node and tries to set the KEEP_ALIVE higher than 1.
<li>horizon size displayed as "?" for leaf to ultrapeer connections, since this data is not available
<li>user warned when enabling monitor in leaf mode, since there will be few incoming searches.
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Unfortunately this will not immediately increase YOUR horizon. What it will do is increase the horizon of leaves connected to you, if you're an ultrapeer. With time this will help the network greatly. However, we may release another beta shortly that will increase YOUR horizon right away. (I'll get coding shortly!)

As usual, this release is ad-supported. For Windows users, it has the same bundled software as 2.0.4: two desktop icons, and <b>optionally</b> Gator and Toptext. It has NO clicktilluwin or net2phone. If 2.0.5 goes live, we'll make an ad-free version for PRO users.

As usual, your help testing this release is most welcome. Please report any problems.