FrostWire 4.17

Publisher's description of FrostWire

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FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network.

Version 4.17 improves Bittorrent and Magnet links support.

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Editor's review of FrostWire

FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire source code, and as such, it functions exactly the same. When you search for a file using FrostWire, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa.

However, the user experience differs in two ways. One is that the code is actually based on LimeWire Pro, the paid version of the popular P2P client, so users don't have to worry about simultaneous download restrictions, and they won't get bombarded by ads. Also, befitting the name, the interface has changed from green to blue and has been slightly improved. Tabs have rounded corners, and there are two additions, as well. Connections monitors your outgoing and incoming connections by host name, but also provides bandwidth information, the vendor and version being used, and more. There's also a built-in community chat.

When we tested it, the built-in media player in FrostWire didn't work with MP3s or MPGs, although those files worked fine in LimeWire and elsewhere. The app also comes bundled with the ASK toolbar, but you can opt out of that during the installation process. While some people have experienced faster download times with FrostWire compared with its parent, others have not. FrostWire and LimeWire are practically indistinguishable, although the lack of ads is a big plus.

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  FrostWire

  Love It

  by: MkyMous64 on 20-Jul-2008 09:03:43 AM

  Pros: easy to use.

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  FrostWire

  Very nice program and dependable

  by: bobfromphilly on 20-Jul-2008 09:00:27 AM

  Pros: Everything

  Cons: Nothing

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  FrostWire

  good

  by: choicefresh on 04-Aug-2008 01:56:31 PM

  Pros: It's pretty fast, and you don't have to depend upon credits like eMule. The memory footprint isn't too big, unlike eMule, and the support is very helpful.

  Cons: It can be a bit glitchy at times. If you don't leave it on all night, downloads can take forever.

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  FrostWire

  Great & easy to use

  by: Mari-Elaine on 24-Jul-2008 06:32:05 PM

  Pros: I have only just started to use this as I have always used Limewire up till now but so far I am impressed.

  My downloads are slower than with Limewire but I like the junk filter & I am not getting the rubbish that I was getting with the other one. All good so far.

  Cons: Nothing to dislike but I think as more people start to use Frostwire then the choices will also grow.

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  FrostWire

  Good program

  by: The IceBoy on 16-Jul-2008 07:31:23 PM

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