Kazaa alternatives?

[MrHoatzin]

I haven't had me one of them pinko commie collective intellectual property programs in a while. I know that there was Kazaa, but then Kazaa became evil and then there was Kazaa Lite which then became evil but then there was something new... which has since probably become totally evil... What is the current hot file sharing program?

[AGA]

If you want programmes, it's BitTorrent you want. Best client for that in my experience is Azureus. Combine that with a good torrents site like Suprnova and you're set.

If you want music, it's SoulSeek ya needs.

[ysbreker]

bittorrent is teh hotz now, but if you don't want to hassle with all those torrent websites you can always try emule. Which looks most like kazaa but works much better and isn't that evil.

[Pappa]

(For Music) Soulseek.

Definitely.

SLSKSLSKSLSK!

[AGA]

So basically exactly what I said then?! (apart from emule, but don't use that because it sucks)

[Wormsie]

I hate those "share 40 GBs of your hard drive and you can access our files" programs. Direct Connect is like that. Or actually, its hubs are like that. I can't share my files to the internet - if I do, either Teosto will shoot me down or my internet connection will be disabled.

[toblix]

eDonkey is the new eMule.

[Kolzig]

But eMule is still the best.

[Twilo]

But eMule is still the best.

eMule (and overnet, and various other donkey-style networks) are nicest for ebooks,

soulseek is the nicest for music

bittorrent is the nicest for everything else (especially if it's big)

[manny_c44]

I love eBooks, but they're hard to find (well, I guess you could probably pay for them somewhere)...so I'm probably going to reinstall overnet if what you say is true.

Bittorrent is the best though, for full CD's movies and games.

[Erkki]

I use Azureus and eMule (that indeed sucks a bit though, but I've not found anything better that isn't BitTorrent). I guess I should try that soulseek for music.