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From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:32:12 +0000
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] xmule/amule?

> On Tuesday 20 Jan 2004 2:06 pm, Angus Auld wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone here has used, or is using either
> > xmule or amule from plf? It is a file sharing client compatible
> > eDonkey.
> >
> > I don't seem to be able to download anything. I can get the
> > list of available servers and connect,
> > I can search and get results, but
> > when I try to download all I get is "waiting" to download.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any advice/tips/comments? What is a good
> > P2P client for Mandrake? I tried eDonkey a while back, and
> > I found it rather difficult to comprehend.
> > amule/xmule have very nice gui's and seem easy to understand,
> > but, haven't been cooperative thus far. :-|
> >
> > TIA for anything on this.
> > Regards.
> >
> > --Angus
> 
> I have had good success with Apollon which is a Client for giFT.
> RPMs are in plf
> 
> giFT supports multiple plugins. PLF has plugins for
> gift-fasttrack  - kazaa compatible, and
> gift-openft  - giFT 'native'
> 
> When apollon starts it will only see the OpenFT plugin. There is a setting to 
> add plugins. Just point it to the libFastTrack.so library
> 
> The config files in the ~/.giFT folder will let you know which ports to open 
> in your firewall.
> 
> derek
> ******************************************
Thanks for the replies. 
Derek, I can't find Apollon 
or giFT on the plf mirrors I checked.

I am interested to try it. Could you tell 
me where I may get it?

TIA. Best regards. 


--Angus

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around 
in awareness." -- James Thurber

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