Comment mldonkey is very good (Score 2, Informative) 92
I've had very good luck with mldonkey.
It has a lot of files that are not on limewire and it downloads very reliably. It downloads from multiple clients at the same time. If the remote side disconnects it saves state and picks up later when the file reappears somewhere else - this is perhaps it's best feature.
Sometimes (if a large/rare file) it takes a long time to download, like days, but after seeing this work you get used to it and consider it as a real background activity. Check back in a couple days, it's magically there.
There are several interfaces. I'm using the web interface, which is fine but took some figuring out.
It also requires a bit of unix skills to install (first install fink, then symbolically link /usr/local/lib/libdl.dylib -> /sw/lib/libdl.0.dylib)
It has a lot of files that are not on limewire and it downloads very reliably. It downloads from multiple clients at the same time. If the remote side disconnects it saves state and picks up later when the file reappears somewhere else - this is perhaps it's best feature.
Sometimes (if a large/rare file) it takes a long time to download, like days, but after seeing this work you get used to it and consider it as a real background activity. Check back in a couple days, it's magically there.
There are several interfaces. I'm using the web interface, which is fine but took some figuring out.
It also requires a bit of unix skills to install (first install fink, then symbolically link
