I finally got my modem working in Linux, and I need a good fileshare prog, equivalent to bit torrent or Kazaa.

I'm new to Linux, so is there any spyware or viruses we need to worry about when downloading stuff?

Thanks.

Well you can get bittorrent for linux at the official bt site, and amule or mldonkey are much better replacements for kazaa

good luck,
jrtayloriv

irc and newsgroups reign supreme over p2p virus spreaders.
Get involved with a group...work and learn your way to curry position and never again worry about your warez needs.

I may be way behind the times, but I had great success with the Gtk-Gnutella p2p client (http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/)-- more success with it than any client I ever tried under Windows.

Use Apollon + giFT + FastTrack plugin to connect to the Kazaa network (FastTrack). However, I must say FastTrack sucks nowadays ; lots of crap, corrupted files...etc. I second
the vote to go for amule or eDonkey. The download speeds won't be that fast at the beginning
as FastTrack, but the more you share and upload the faster your downloads will be. As for bittorrents clients, check out Azureus .

Can anyone tell me how to get the gui for edonkey to load I have the command line part of edonkey which runs Or I think it does get this message when I run command

Welcome to eDonkey2000 command line client 0.50.1
Enter commands at any time (type '?' for help)
> Loading shared files...
Upload Queue old. Starting Fresh
Done loading shared files.

but as I have difficulty with the command line side of Linux I prefare to use a gui to save time

I have downloaded the gui RPM but when I try to run it with Yast ( it won't ) how can I install the Gui please??????????

I'm currently running Suse 9.1 i386

I have also downloaded Mldonkey but that won't connect suppose it dn't run anymore with the clamp down on p2p

Any advice would be usefull

Thanks

Get amule instead (make sure it is the cvs version - it's more stable) it has it's own GUI and will work with edonkey part files.

Can I get it in RPM? as I struggle with Bzip and Tar's.

Then you need this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=15

Always compile from source! Welcome to linux!

Ok as is usual and what cheeses me of is I followed the instructions for compiling i.e download to specific area but it would not let me do it. So I downloaded to a file amule on my desktop and extracted to downloaded tar ball in the same file as I couldn't extract to the specified file in the instructions.

I opened the newly created un tar'd file looking for the read me or install instructions but can't see any these are the only files I see

file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/aMule.app
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/docs
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/intl
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/m4
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/po
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/src
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/ABOUT-NLS
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/acinclude.m4
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/aclocal.m4
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/amule.desktop
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/amule.ico
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/amule.msp
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/amule.rc
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/amule.xpm
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/autogen.sh
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/Compilation.flags.in
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/compile
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/config.guess
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/config.h.in
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/config.rpath
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/config.sub
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/configure
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/configure.in
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/configWIN32.h
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/CVSDATE
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/depcomp
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/install-sh
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/Makefile.am
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/Makefile.in
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/MakefileWIN32
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/make_store
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/missing
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/mkinstalldirs
file:/home/dad/Desktop/amule/amule-cvs/packager

As usual I am I am totally confused and annoyed after spending the past two days almost, whilst of work; trying to make sence of all the info.

How do I compile this amule or how do I install?

I download everything to a folder called Server (it's used as a share with my Windows machines). All of my Linux install files are then copied over to /home/david/RPMs. Assuming that bit is done, from the shell change directory to /home/david/RPMs and type:

"tar zxvf amule-cvs" (full name of file). Then change directory to that just created by tar; something like amule-cvs (make sure you download the cvs version). then type "./configure" followed by "make" followed by"make install" this will configure amule, compile it and finally install it. It will take ages. Forget about desktop or menu shortcuts, simply open the shell (or add it to your toolbar) and type amule. It will work from here, trust me.

Ok nomadABC

but before I do that just to update I managed to find and install amule RPM and the other required files and ran cmd amule the gui started but I get this message.

16/02/05 19:00:54: No valid servers to connect in serverlist found
16/02/05 19:00:58: Failed to load creditfile
16/02/05 19:00:58: Loaded ipfilter with 0 new IP addresses.
16/02/05 19:00:58: This is aMule 2.0.0rc8 using wxGTK1 v2.4.2 (based on eMule)
16/02/05 19:00:58: Visit http://www.amule.org to check if a new version is available.

I have got amule 2.0 0rc8 loaded which I believe is the most recent programe.

Any ideas?

Ok nomadABC

but before I do that just to update I managed to find and install amule RPM and the other required files and ran cmd amule the gui started.

Hows the best way to configure for max DL speed?

I have 1mb broadband. also how do I change where files are saved + any other info you and others can give me.

Thanks for any adice

The latest version is the cvs version. The version you have is prone to exiting by itself, which is a bit of a pain if you try to leave it running overnight.

You need to start going to the amule website to get answers from here. A few quick pointers though: You need to allow firewall access to, at least, port 4662 and if using a router, create a DMZ to include that port. If you do not you will get a low "client ID" and therefore very slow download speeds. Typically, I get 25-35kbs Down for 15kbs up. Your results may be different. Get the cvs version and stick with amule, it works very well but can use a great deal of CPU time. It bogs this old system of mine down. I turn it off if I'm actually using the machine for anything else.

Have a look at:

http://forum.amule.org/

And all will be revealed.

BTW, if you download the cvs version, it doesn't matter where you install it (it's a tar file), it will find your existing part files and run either from the shell or the menu shortcut you already have.

Good Luck

Ok Will get the cvs version but will need some step by step instructions for installing the cvs.

Any takers if I can learn now it should help later as I can copy and save the steps to help me remember how to run/install from tar