I'm interested to know the views from you guys on which is the best p2p program for Linux.... without all the spy-ware and stuff like that....

-Timberwolf

Port of eMule, a new filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000
network, but offers more features than the standard eDonkey client, because
it's free software.
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/freshrp...-fr1.i386.html
Alternativly xmule just look on google for more info

I still like gtk-gnutella: http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/

but doesn't the gnutella network contain lots of spyware? How many users are there on the gnutella network and the eMule network?

gtk-gnutella is spyware free. There are good folks involved in the software project. That does not mean there are not "hostiles" out there trying to look for people who might be sharing files potentially considered proprietory, which can be true on any public network. Oh yes, I am sure the US government is still trying to find those WMD that iraq has hidden somewhere, so there may be a few governent spies as well :-) gtk-gnutella does provide a list of "hostiles" which the program uses to block.

I cannot tell you the size of the network, though it is big enough that I find most of what I am looking for and people seem to find enough they are looking for on my machine to keep it reasonably but not outrageously busy. The program is small is size (not a resource hog) and highly configurable as to easy just to run continually.

ic... i'm trying out the gtk-gnutella now.... hmm... any other good p2p programs you recommend?

Limewire is not so bad. Although it's not quite as configurable as I'd like it to be the network seems to be big enough that I find what I'm looking for. I still like gtk-gnutella and eMule better though.

but if i ust gtk gnutella, don't i have access to the limewire network as well? So... what's the difference?

That is correct. with gtk gnutella you will have access to the limewire network.

does Emule have spy-ware running in it?