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After the death of Napster a bright spark thought, "What would happen if there was no central store for the mp3 files and every one could connect to everyone else’s computer to swap files directly? How could the 'Powers That Be' ever find out who downloaded what?".
A few months later a new network was released called Gnutella. In the simplest terms, this allowed people to broadcast to other systems to other systems on the Gnutella network over the internet. If these computers don’t have it they will broadcast that this file has been requested to the computers they are in contact with. Once a file has been found it can be downloaded.
While there is lots of software now like Morpheus there is a lot of scare mongering about SpyWare (Something that reports what you are downloading to the author). While this may be scare mongering I wouldn't like to take the chance of going to court for having illegally copied music and video files.
Morpheus is my choice of Gnutella client as it guarantees its SpyWare free. Its also has all the features I need. There are three features I find useful that aren’t on all the Gnutella clients. These are:
* You can preview a video or mp3 without having to download the full file. This is especially useful when downloading large files. This means you can see if the sound or picture is of high enough quality.
* Your downloads are organised by type. Music is separated from movies so you can easily find files even if you have a large catalogue.
* File type specific search. You can choose to search for movies, pictures or sound files. This means that if you search for “Madonna” and want to hear her latest single you won’t have to sift through pictures of her.
Most Gnutella clients are very similar in functionality but these added features save a lot of time. In my opinion, the lack of SpyWare and the added features tip the balance and make Morpheus the best Gnutella client out!
12.09.2001 01:50
Short, but too the point. Haven't heard of this one. RJL.