BearShare Lite vs LimeWire

by **P2P_G** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:46 pm

BearShare is better i think what do you think?

LimeWire: Bad sourch results slower than BearShare more fakes(i get more on limewire) slows down the computer(java)

BearShare Lite or Pro: Fast, good sourch results, not so many fakes, slows down the computer a lil bit.

Try BearShare Lite or Pro and say what you think!

by **Mel_Smiley_VIP** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:34 pm

Bearshare lite beats the hell out of Limewire. Fo sho

by **puzzlepants** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:02 pm

Another vote for Bearshare Lite. I have used Limewire before and found that it is no match for Bearshare Lite. It is slow and relatively bulky. Frostwire is also written in Java as well, so it does not solve many of the problems present in Limewire.

Bearshare is lightning fast, has a small memory footprint, and just is generally less intrusive than Limewire. Try it out and you'll see what I mean.

by **Trev0r269** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:52 pm

I vote Limewire. The java gui never really ran slow on my computer. The problem I always had was Bearshare freezing up or memory leaking after a long period of being connected.

by **IceCube** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:00 am

Personnally, I've used Shareaza for Gnutella needs and have basically shifted towards ED2K because I found less and less of a use, but then again, Shareaza, when I used it, doesn't REALLY use gnutella... it used Gnutella 2. I havn't been able to test Gnutella 1 truly, but then again, speed is not always a necessity for me just as long as I get what I'm looking for. Saddly, though, if I'm going to be testing something completely new, I'd be more willing to test Ares as I've heard good things about that. So, saddly, I don't think I'll be testing clients for the gnutella 1 network any time soon.

by **LaX** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:10 am

Didnt use both for more than 2 weeks. Thought they were very similar. They both had a normal and pro version and both connects to Gnutella. But I would vote for BS ever since I heard limewire is importing filters for copyrighted stuff.

by **IceCube** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:12 am

That's a good point, it might be more fair to throw Frostwire in with LimeWire.

by **LaX** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:31 am

Is it just my eyes playing on me or is Frostwire not on the list of Gnutella clients in the guide?

by **IceCube** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:44 am

It's not just you, I posted a request for a change for ya while attributing you as the person who originally pointed it out. I used FireFox search feature to make sure it wasn't there and it definitly wasn't.

by **P2P_G** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:22 pm

puzzlepants wrote:Another vote for Bearshare Lite. I have used Limewire before and found that it is no match for Bearshare Lite. It is slow and relatively bulky. Frostwire is also written in Java as well, so it does not solve many of the problems present in Limewire.

Bearshare is lightning fast, has a small memory footprint, and just is generally less intrusive than Limewire. Try it out and you'll see what I mean.

Thats is so damn true

i never get fast speed on LW! and i have bad search results i have try FW but it wasnt good

hehe Yeah Go BearShare Lite/Pro

why does people say that LW is so good fast and that kind of stuff? Why not BearShare Lite or Pro hehe just download BearShare pro from BS lite and share shit

by **resueman** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:10 am

bearshare lite is good, i noticed they dont have a link to it on the main bearshare page though.. so thanks for the link. i like the fact that it steadily downloads at good speeds.

by **P2P_G** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:58 am

resueman wrote:bearshare lite is good, i noticed they dont have a link to it on the main bearshare page though.. so thanks for the link. i like the fact that it steadily downloads at good speeds.

hehe okey

but why do people use LW over BS lite?

by **resueman** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:08 pm

limewire is THE filesharing app for mac.

by **Meehowski** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:37 pm

Well, I've tried BOTH..........I prefer Limewire!!

Be well.........

Mike

by **Allied** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:27 pm

I gave BearShare Lite a shot. Admittingly I don't like the BearShare people cause of their history with adware and spyware.

I downloaded a few popular mp3's. My speed never went past 20kB.

LimeWire Pro downloads the same songs at 40kB.
It takes 10,000k more ram, but its faster.

by **msoli7** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:38 am

LIMEWIRE IS THE BEST BEST BEST
IT'S THE FASTER

by **resueman** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:04 am

you cant hide your library with limewire, thats one of the main reason ill never use it.

by **zbeast** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:21 am

I use to use bearshare but other programs and networks
are better. If I had to choose between the two.
I would pick Limewire if for no othre reason.
its java and I can run the same application on any computer.

The drawback with both these programs they only work
on the gnutella network.

by **SlyckTom** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:34 am

you cant hide your library with limewire, thats one of the main reason ill never use it.

What does hiding your library accomplish?

by **resueman** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:45 am

maybe im wrong but i was lead to believe it stops prying eyes

by **BasicTek** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:39 am

SlyckTom wrote:
you cant hide your library with limewire, thats one of the main reason ill never use it.

What does hiding your library accomplish?

I could be wrong with limewire but years ago when I used K-lite hiding your library was a deterent to getting sued by the RIAA. In theory no one could get that nice long list the RIAA uses when deciding who to sue yet everything was still being shared.

by **Overnet User** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:29 am

I agree hiding your library and still sharing your files is great. I won't use LM either because of this.

by **P2P_G** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:01 pm

msoli7 wrote:LIMEWIRE IS THE BEST BEST BEST
IT'S THE FASTER

HAHAHAHAH ? FASTER ? YEA SURE! LW IS SLOW! BS IS SO DAMN FAST

by **Trev0r269** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:21 pm

_Mp2p_ wrote:
msoli7 wrote:LIMEWIRE IS THE BEST BEST BEST
IT'S THE FASTER

HAHAHAHAH ? FASTER ? YEA SURE! LW IS SLOW! BS IS SO DAMN FAST

BS is fast at crashing, and great at being ugly.

by **OhMyGod** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:09 am

LimeWire & BearShareLite are both excellent Gnutella clients. Some computers will work better with BearShareLite, because LimeWire uses Java. Java is a resource hog, but the benefits of using a Java client is that it can run on many operating systems, whereas BearShareLite only runs on Windows. Another important factor is that LimeWire is basically what made the Gnutella network so popular with it open source code. BearShare really hasn't gave much to the Gnutella community since it is closed source. I have used both and I like LimeWire better. It just a matter of personal preferance which is best for yourself.

Thanks. :wink:

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