Lord of the Rings, as they say, "should av done what it says on the tin".
In other words, check the forum first before posting! ah well live n learn.
I tried both fixes, for windows on an old laptop, and the linux one which is the one I couldn't get to work. They both worked a treat. Windows one seemed a bit quicker to get the best connection, but eventually the linux on "mint" sorted itself out. Might have been a bit slow due to my vpn connection? i don't know. (ipvanish). Being rather new to linux stuff and terminal commands, I didn't really know how to write the commands down via terminal from the file fix so tried the old fashioned method of delete the old gnutella.net file and copy and paste the new one from the fix.
Thanks again for the link/advice.
Shukokai