Teng Junbin <tengjunbin at ...> writes: > I read on some forums that Freenet is actually a lot > faster on the unstable version. However, I also read > that Freenet is supposed to get faster with time. > > I've just started using Freenet, so I'm not sure how > long is a reasonable amount of time to wait before the > speed stablizes. Currently, about 1 in 10 requests I > make go through and anything is returned at all. Even > if anything is returned, it is usually painfully slow > (the pictures of the directories in the main page took > about 20-30 minutes to load fully). > > If I switch to the unstable version, would the speed > be improved? Also, I read that I need unstable.ref, > which I am unable to find in the directory of > > http://www.freenetproject.org/snapshots/ > > Is it removed or can I just use a normal > seednodes.ref? > > junbin
This is outdated. Freenet 0.5, which is the current release version, used to have a stable and unstable branch as described above. However they were merged a while ago since the current development version is the significantly different 0.7 alpha, where most of the core stuff is being rewritten from scratch. 0.5 unstable was a bit faster in my experience. This was probably due mostly to the network being smaller, perhaps it also had a higher percentage of dedicated / tuned nodes due to its attraction for geekier people. 0.7 is very much in need of alpha testers by the way : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/16905 and has the potential to be significantly faster / lower latency than 0.5 eventually, as well as offering greater security (darknets.) Bob
