FrostWire, el software libre P2P alternativo a LimeWire, liberó hace unos días su nueva versión 4.17.0.

Esta nueva versión incluye muchas mejoras que ya habían sido incluidas en la versión comercial (LimeWire) pero que no habían sido incorporadas a FrostWire, tales como:

• Nueva y mejorada interfaz gráfica
• Nuevo reproductor de medios
• Nuevas traducciones y mejoras en el manejo del idioma Español
• Menor uso de memoria
• Y muchas otras mejoras que se explican en el blog de FrostWire.

Como ya comenté en algún post previo, FrostWire puede instalarse tanto en Windows como en GNU/Linux. Y reitero lo que dije en el título: al ser FrostWire software libre es gratis. Por ahí existen sitios que venden licencias, no se dejen engañar. Y como de la vista nace el amor, les dejo con un pantallazo de la nueva versión de FrostWire:

FrostWire 4.17.0 was listed on download.com for the first time only 2 weeks ago, two weeks after, the mac user base has made it the most popular software for the week ending July 20th of 2008.

Thank you, keep spreading the voice

This application has been developed by the open source community to avoid the threat of potential legal action faced by LimeWire, from which it has been forked, and to maintain the freedom that P2P users have come to expect (right or wrong), in the sharing of copyrighted material. Some reviewers have compared FrostWire to the old Napster, the controversial file-sharing pioneer.

The project was started in September 2005 by members of the open-source community, after LimeWire’s distributor considered placing blocking code into LimeWire, which it was developing in response to RIAA pressure. It has been reported that if this code was activated it would block users from sharing licensed files.

FrostWire includes all of the free LimeWire version’s functionality as well as a number of the features of LimeWire Pro including multi-threading downloads, and Turbo-Charged connections. An added benefit in using FrostWire; you won’t have to put up with LimeWire’s nag screen or ads.

With over 8,000,000 downloads at Download.com alone it would be difficult to dispute the continuing popularity of file sharing applications.

Fast facts:

· Open-source

· Firewall-to-firewall transfers

· Built-in community chat

· Connects to more sources

· Creative commons license support

· Broadband network connection

· Junk result filters

· Turbo-Charged download speeds

· iTunes integration

· Gnutella support

· BitTorrent support

· Proxy Support

If P2P file sharing is one of your interests, then you’ll find that this program should meet all of your needs.

Download at: Download.com

You should consider the trade-offs and the very real risks involved in Peer to Peer file sharing however.

Peer to Peer file sharing sounds promising, right? Maybe, but make sure that you consider the trade-offs and the very real risks involved. The number of times I have been called upon to rescue a friend’s computer because of system damage caused by peer to peer downloading, has convinced me to give this form of file sharing an automatic “thumbs down”.

Privacy: When you are connected to file-sharing programs, you may unintentionally allow others to copy confidential files you did not intend to share. So be sure to setup the file-sharing software very carefully. If you don’t check the proper settings when you install the software, you could allow access not just to the files you intend to share, but also to other information on your hard drive, such as your tax returns, email messages, medical records, photos, and other personal and financial documents.

It’s extremely important to be aware of the files that you place in, or download to, your shared folder. Don’t put information in your shared folder that you don’t want to share with others. Your shared folder is the folder that is shared automatically with others on peer to peer file sharing networks.

Copyright Issues: You may knowingly, or otherwise, download material that is protected by copyright laws and find yourself caught up in legal issues. Copyright infringement can result in significant monetary damages, fines, and even criminal penalties. Some statistics suggest as many as 70% of young people between the ages of 9 – 14, regularly download copyrighted digital music. I f you are a parent, you bear the ultimate responsibility for this illegal activity.

Adult Content: Again, if you are a parent you may not be aware that their children have downloaded file-sharing software on the family computer, and that they may have exchanged games, videos, music, pornography, or other material that may be unsuitable for them. It’s not unusual for other peoples’ files to be mislabeled and you or your children can unintentionally download these files.

Spyware: There’s a good chance that the file-sharing program you’re using has installed other software known as spyware to your computer’s operating system. Spyware monitors a user’s browsing habits and then sends that data to third parties. Frequently the user gets ads based on the information that the spyware has collected and forwarded to these third parties. I can assure you that spyware can be difficult to detect and remove. Before you use any file-sharing program, you should buy, or download free software, that can help prevent the downloading or installation of spyware, or help to detect it on your hard drive if it has been installed.

Viruses: Use and update your anti-virus software regularly. Files you download could be mislabeled, hiding a virus or other unwanted content. Use anti-virus software to protect your computer from viruses you might pick up from other users through the file-sharing program. Generally, your virus filter should prevent your computer from receiving possibly destructive files. While downloading, you should avoid files with extensions such as .exe, .scr, .lnk, .bat, .vbs, .dll, .bin, and .cmd.

Default Closing Behavior: It is critical that you close your connection after you have finished using the software. In some instances, closing the file-sharing program window does not actually close your connection to the network. That allows file-sharing to continue and will increase your security risk. Be sure to turn off this feature in the programs “preferences” setting. What’s more, some file-sharing programs automatically run every time you turn on your computer. As a preventive measure, you should adjust the file-sharing program’s controls to prevent the file-sharing program from automatically starting.

if you're looking for a decent peer to peer file "sharing" software, I have a recommendation hiding in a much smoother looking fork of LimewirePro. Very savvy developers have taken the limy limewirePro and given it a much needed makeover and released it free of charge. That's right- free!

No hidden charges or paid upgrades, just a little button at the bottom of their interface asking you to donate should you feel the need. I actually think it's a little bit faster than limewire and I love- love- love- the the new blue look. My only gripe is the download itself, if you opt to download from their site, you are prompted to pay a small fee. I declined this option and downloaded it from cnet.com instead- skipping the fee all together.

Happy travels.

Official FrostWire 4.17.0 Download link

After 6 months of work, a completely new fork from the LimeWire code base has come to fruition, FrostWire 4.17.0 features over a year's worth of core and user interface upgrades made to the original LimeWire client, now included in FrostWire along all the previous work done over FrostWire 4.13.x.

Among the most important updates:

• Upgrades on our update notification system, capability for featured content and recommendations
• Updated Playlist (drag & drop support, and Playlist rearrange options)
• New Media Player with volume and seek controls (Plays mp3, ogg and wav)
• Support for private torrents
• Greater control over your Shared files
• Add Magnets to Open Dialog
• Improvements in bootstrapping
• Warn When Too Many Files Shared
• Make Ultrapeers ignore partial results
• Mojito DHT capable (still not active for 4.17.0)
• More translations to be available for the community on launchpad.net. Many improvements for Spanish, and Italian and Chinese have been finally been added among others
• Reduce query traffic by knowing firewalled state; implement leafs informing ups of firewall status.
• Recognize flv as a video extension.
• Enable removal from playlist via the 'Delete' or 'Backspace' key.
• (Bittorrent) Extended BEncoding to support rational numbers.
• Add support for alternate location lookup for BitTorrents.
• Use less memory for large number of leaf connections.
• General Save folder improvements.
• Smoother Icon Tray Icons for Linux and Windows
• FrostWire now runs under Java SE 6 on Mac OS X (however SE6 is temperamental; it exhibits some strange connection issues). More integration with the MacOSX dock and other components
• Speedup Magnet/Torrents at startup.
• Add partial search results.
• Exclude magnet downloads from being purged after 7 days.
• Incremental search on the Settings window
• Default setting tweaks for users with high speed connections (T1,T3) to make the most out of their bandwith

Faster than ever

Here's a full screenshot of the new speeds achieved with FrostWire 4.17.0 when downloading torrents.

FrostWire 4.17.0 is a major milestone on the project road map, many new innovations are to come after this release, stay tuned.

About FrostWire
FrostWire, a Gnutella Peer-to-Peer client, is a collaborative effort from many Open Source and freelance developers located from all around the world. In late 2005, concerned developers of LimeWire’s open source community announced the start of a new project fork “FrostWire” that would protect the developmental source code of the LimeWire client and any improvements to the Gnutella protocol design. The developers of FrostWire give high regard and respect to the GNU General Public License and consider it to be the ideal foundation of a creative and free enterprise market.

Download FrostWire 4.17.0 from the official website

When you upgrade to Frostwire 4.17 you will notice that the splash screen is different.

FrostWire es un P2P basado en el código fuente de LimeWire, pero que no cuenta con versión de pago, quiere decir que no tiene ningún cartel que te pide que pagues la versión full, y funciona igual que el LimeWire tiene las mismas funciones, etc. Incluye un chat con el que podes hablar los demás usuarios, soporta torrents, y cambia el color amarillento de LimeWire a uno azulado (imagino que por eso FrostWire 8)).

P/D: tengan especial cuidado cuando usan clientes P2P, como este, el Ares, eMule, LimeWire, BitTorrent, etcétera; porque son fuentes de infección de virus, troyanos y spyware. Es recomendable siempre tener el Antivirus actualizado, asi como pasar usualmente un antispyware.

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FrostWire ha publicado su nueva version 4.17.0 la cual ha traido algunas mejoras especialmente para Ubuntu donde arreglaron un Bug creado por el SUNJava al tratar de conectarse o correr el programa. Al iniciar esta nueva version podras notar un entorno mas pulido y su nuevo SplashScreen. Tambien es posible ahora ejecutar FrostWire y enviarlo a la barra de tarea, cosa que antes no se podia porque se desaparecia en ves de aparecer un icono en la barra de tarea en la seccion de "Area de Notificaciones".

WEB: http://www.frostwire.com

El repositorio de Debian Multimedia es un compendio de varias aplicaciones GNU/Linux orientadas a mejorar la producción y reproducción de medios tales como audio, video, y textos. Incluye paquetes tales como:

• acidrip (un DVD ripper)
• Adobe Reader
• aMSN (clon de un conocido mensajero)
• lame (un codificador de mp3s)
• frostwire
• Microsoft True Types
• Real Player
• Skype
• ... etc. Mejor vea la lista completa de paquetes.

Cómo instalar el repositorio de Debian Multimedia

1. Como root, abra su editor de textos favorito y cargue el siguiente archivo:

/etc/apt/sources.list

2. Añada la siguiente línea:

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org versión main

donde versión = etch (stable), lenny (testing), sid (unstable) o experimental.

3. Si desea instalar los códigos fuente, añada:

deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org versión main

4. Actualice el catálogo de paquetes:

apt-get update

5. El sistema marcará un error, algo como:

apt-get doesn't find this public key : NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907

6. Conserve la calma, todo está bien.

7. Instale las llaves del repositorio:

apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

8. Vuelva a actualizar el catálogo:

apt-get update

9. Listo.

Si desea utilizar un sitio espejo (mirror) más cercano a su ubicación geográfica en vez del oficial (http://www.debian-multimedia.org, en Francia), la lista de sitios mirror está aquí, dividida en distribuciones.

Mayor información en:

• Sitio oficial de Debian Multimedia

Fe de erratas

El paquete FrostWire no se encuentra en el repositorio Debian-Multimedia. Para instalar FrostWire siga las  instrucciones que di en un post previo.

Cabos is an open source Gnutella file sharing program based on LimeWire and Acquisition. It is free software, with no spyware and no adware. Guaranteed.

Cabos provides simple sidebar user interface, firewall to firewall transfers, proxy transfers, Universal Plug and Play, iTunes + iPod integration, Creative Commons integration, "What's New?" searches, international searches, and more.

You can download Cabos here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_cabos/

Frostwire, para mi el mejor de los programas del tipo P2P compatible con GNU/Linux. Su instalación en Mandriva 2008.1 es muy facil pero para que nos funcione al 100% debemos instalar algo mas que el Frostwire ya que es esencial para correr este software. Hablamos del Java, pero primero veremos como instalar Frostwire en Mandriva 2008.1:

1. Descarga Frostwire. "Click Aqui Para Descargar". Si ese enlace no te funciona dirigete a esta web http://www.frostwire.com/?id=downloads y escoje la version de Red Hat/Fedora.

2. Al terminar la descarga tendremos un archivo tipo .RPM. A este archivo le daremos un click derecho y escojemos Äbrir con Instalador de Software". Luego aparecera una ventana nueva la cual tiene tres opciones a escojer. Selecciona la opción que dice "Instalar". Te pedira el Password del root o administrador y luego de ponerla en el encasillado, comenzará la instalación automaticamente. Ya tenemos Frostwire instalado y lo puedes encontrar en Menú/Internet o Red/Frostwire.

3. Ahora para que funcione debemos de instalar Java. Ve a Menú/Instalar y Quitar Software. Asegurate de marcar en la casilla de arriba del menú "TODO", así aparecerá todo el software para mandriva. Ahora en el buscador buscas Java y en la lista que nos muestra buscamos y seleccionamos "Java-1.6.0-sun-plugin". Lo mas posible una ventana aparecerá y te dirá que nesecita instalar otras partes más para cumplir con los requerimientos del software y debes de contestar positivamente a este anuncio. Luego selecciona "Applicar" abajo y comenzará la instalación. Es recomendable que resetees tu PC.

Luego de estos tres pasos, Frostwire te hirá muy bien.

Esto es todo por ahora, salu2's---> y si te gusta AGRADECE!


Loading FrostWire:
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fa25489d755, pid=8123, tid=1082538320
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (10.0-b22 mixed mode linux-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# C [libc.so.6+0x30755] catgets+0x15
#


Users from our FrostWire Forum came up with a solution:

by xbj9000 on Fri May 16, 2008 3:13 pm
I have a solution for those of us running 64 bit systems:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ia32-sun-java6-bin

Code:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

Then choose the ia32 version of Java 6.

Thanks a lot guys.

El proyecto fue iniciado en septiembre de 2005 por miembros de la comunidad de código abierto de LimeWire, luego de que el desarrollador de LimeWire considerase incluir código que imposibilitase a los usuarios el compartir ficheros protegidos por licencias. Esta determinación se tomó basándose en la presión de la Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) y en la amenaza legal de una demanda, teniendo presente la decisión de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos en el caso MGM Studios Inc. contra Grokster Ltda. Frostwire fue lanzado en octubre de 2005.

FrostWire viene a ser el reemplazo por naturaleza de LimeWire el cual desde hace buen tiempo ya está limitando las descargas con derechos de autor.

Al tratarse de código abierto (open source) FrostWire es gratuito, a diferencia de LimeWire del que hay dos versiones: una gratuita y una versión Pro comercial. FrostWire funciona de manera similar a LimeWire Pro pero sin costo.

Cómo instalar FrostWire en GNU/Debian

1. Como root modifique el archivo /etc/apt/sources.list agregando las siguientes líneas:

deb http://apt.debianchile.org/frostwire VERSION main

deb-src http://apt.debianchile.org/frostwire VERSION main

donde VERSION puede ser el nombre de la distribución Debian ("etch", "lenny", etc.) o el nombre de su rama ("stable", "testing", "unstable").

2. Actualice el catálogo de fuentes:

apt-get update

3. Instale FrostWire:

apt-get install frostwire

Listo.

El repositorio apt es mantenido por la comunidad de usuarios de Debian Chile. Ellos son quienes se encargan de mantener actualizado en el repositorio la última versión disponible de FrostWire.

Tomado de:

• Debian Chile.
• FrostWire - Wikipedia en español.
• FrostWire para Debian - Debian Chile.
• Sitio Oficial de FrostWire.
• Sitio Oficial de LimeWire.

         If you like to listen to music, this is your website. Just E-Mail me and I'll send you the song you want.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOUR E-MAIL SHOULD LOOK LIKE ...

Song- The Thing That Should Not Be

Artist- Metallica

Album- Master of Puppets

If you are ready to listen to music just E-Mail me at kevintherhinolover@yahoo.com

                                                                        or keviin3223@aim.com

If you E-Mail keviin3223@aim.com you have a smaller chance of getting your song E-Mailed you.

A descargar se a dicho con este programa para compartir archivos p2p, esta realizado en java y es gratuito y libre con licencia GPL así que deberías probarlo descarga mp3, videos, pdf, y más, para instalarlo debes tener previamente jre de java

si no lo tienes instalatelo

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

y solo descargas e instalas frostwire

Frostwire es un cliente P2P (peer to peer) multiplataforma basado en Java. Es, por así decirlo, la alternativa libre al tan conocido Limewire.

Antes usaba Ares, tanto en Windows como en GNU/Linux; pero desde que me dió problemas en Windows XP y lo laborioso que era instalar Ares en Kubuntu (sin emularlo), opté por Frostwire. Quizás no sea tan ligero, pero me gusta usar aplicaciones que se puedan ejecutar en más de 1 plataforma.

El propósito de esta entrada es que antes, en Kubuntu 7.10, funcionaba perfecto, pero de pronto ya no se ejecutaba desde que actualizé a la 8.04. Para checar qué andaba mal, lo ejecuté en una terminal y lanzaba el siguiente error:

Starting FrostWire…
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying…
Suitable java version found [java = 1.6.0]
Configuring environment…
Loading FrostWire:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Can’t load library: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/motif21/libmawt.so
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1666)
at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:787)
at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1022)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1767)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1684)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:840)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1047)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(LoadLibraryAction.java:67)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(LoadLibraryAction.java:47)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Toolkit.java:1610)
at java.awt.Toolkit.(Toolkit.java:1632)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.showInitialSplash(Main.java:67)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:39)

******************************************************************
Something went wrong with FrostWire.
Maybe you’re using the wrong version of Java?
(FrostWire is tested against and works best with with Sun’s JRE, Java 1.4+)
The version of Java in your PATH is:
java version “1.6.0″
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b09)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 1.6.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)

Si se dieron cuenta, el error se debe a Java y no a Frostwire concretamente. Lo que pasa es que busca en un directorio inexistente, ya que fué movido al actualizar.

Esto se soluciona ejecutando la siguiente instrucción en una terminal.
sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun

Después de esto, Frostwire debería funcionar como antes.

Sent to us by artist Marcelina Knitter from New York

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All posts and comments have been exported without any problems whatsoever.

/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config java

Alli les aparecera el siguiente mensaje :

Hay 4 alternativas que proveen `java'.

Selección Alternativa

-----------------------------------------------

1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java

2 /usr/bin/gij-4.2

* 3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

+ 4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java

Pulse <Intro> para mantener el valor por omisión [*] o pulse un número de selección:

Luego de seleccionar la opcion 3 simplemente vuelvan a ejecutar FrostWire y problema solucionado.