FrostWire adds BitTorrent support
Written by Smaran on November 21, 2006FrostWire, the completely free alternative to LimeWire (Pro) has added BitTorrent support in its latest release. The release is Linux-only, but Windows and Mac installers are on the way.
In the recent past, both LimeWire and Ares have added BitTorrent support. So, it isn’t unexpected that FrostWire decided to do so as well.
The company is currently offering only an Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) installer, but I assume you could easily convert it to work on any other distribution by installing the ‘alien’ package converter. Information on how to install and use Alien is available here.
BitTorrent has always been extremely simple on Ubuntu, you double-click a .torrent file and it downloads. Period. You aren’t provided with any numbers, stats and the like, just a download box. The FrostWire Developer Blog claims that with the new version, “using BitTorrent has never been easier in Linux.” This is partially true, as you can merely drag a torrent to the FrostWire window and it will start downloading. If you don’t already have FrostWire open, it’s still easier to double-click the file.
FrostWire also supports downloading a torrent from a URL, instead of a file.
If you’re a Linux user, download and try the new version and leave any feedback/suggestions you might have on this forum thread.
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I always wanted something like limewire on debian, only free. gift was an alternative, but frostwire is awesome :) The bittorrent support makes it even better.
The only downside is that it’s not on the Debian repos because it’s not a 100% free: Even in the SVN source, there are a lot of jars in trunk/lib/jars without source code. I wrote to the admin, let’s see if it’s fixed.
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