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Originally posted by octopus
I'm here preparing for a life w/o Napster.
Over the last few hours I've read docs and opinions on websites, forums and newsgroups about Gnutella. I decided to try gnotella, limewire and bearshare in that order. So far I've installed and used only gnotella.
Here's what I think:
"It's not Napster but it's useable."
+ Ok GUI, It's "skinnable" too.
+ Title searches are fast
+ I like the "Spy" and "Monitor on" feature that shows what others are searching: you guys are SICK! 
- I'm not sure how to duplicate the "Browse User" feature of Napster where you can browse a like-minded peers share
- I'd like to be able to check the MP3's bitrate before I download it. Should be easy to do as this metadata is available.
- Gnutella uses are not very nice. Too many seem to hide behind firewalls.
To compare "gnutella" to Napster I decided to find a file I had problems locating in Napster. I failed but it could be that I don't have the right name.
Next I tried to download a common song. I choose "B**tles - Y*st*rday". (Wasn't that voted most popular somewhere). Found a few hundred sites willing to share. Most were behind a firewall :-( I choose a non-fw site and started downloading.
Everything was going great until the connection was "killed by the other side" but all in all I can work with this. (Like I have a choice.)
Sampson
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Don't worry, you're not the only one who is finding files without napster, a big pain in the ***! I've never seen the like & I tried bearshare, gnucleus, limewire & gnotella-the latter of those 4 is the only one where I can actually get a file or 2 down-& as far as the rest go...well, I can't use the words I'd like to!
I really have a problem with the "+avail" behind a firewall...hell-o! How can a file be both???!!! I guess free file downloading just ain't what it used to be *sigh*
Good luck...you're gonna need it!