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Limewire gets improved torrent support in new beta thanks to LibTorrent
By adding LibTorrent to the mix, Limewire now includes the engine powering such apps as Halite, Deluge, Miro, Free Download Manager, and more. As a result, the new version gains support for IPv6, Mainline DHT, UDP tracking and HTTP seeding, local peer discovery, and peer exchange (PEX).
Interestingly, being the most widely-installed app doesn't translate into actual use. As TorrentFreak points out, in a survey of nearly 200,000 bittorrent peers only 43 were using Limewire.
Why so few? Limewire users are generally only after the its Gnutella downloading abilities, though as torrenting become more mainstream the program will no doubt be an attractive option for the average user.
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Subscribe to comments216Jul 6th 2009 10:28AM
I find that the average person knows how to download and use Limewire and how to use the files afterward
But the average person knows NOTHING about torrents. So, what you're saying makes sense. They can make the torrent part as good as they want, it still wont make people use it. Now if they integrated a torrent search engine into the gnuetella search interface without letting people know that they were clicking on torrent files instead of regular files, and then instead downloading the file direct, they were actually downloading a torrent....that would work
numerwanJul 6th 2009 10:39AM
isnt the gnutella network the most monitored by the RIAA as well? That last chick that got slammed for millions of dollars was using LW
motangJul 6th 2009 8:54PM
LimeWire has a wicked UI. Need to try it's bittorrent capabilities as right now I use Transmission on Ubuntu and love it.
Niels van DijkJul 8th 2009 11:17AM
When I still ahd LimeWire, I had the feeling it used up a lot of pc resources, so I was really glad with utorrent.
FredquinteroJul 14th 2009 9:58PM
I just wanted to get some music. I ended up with some programs I do not want and I can't get any music. I can not get techinical support to try and get help it does not respond? I think it is a rip off. I do not need any additional security. I just wanted to download some music?