Software
KaZaA Lite: http://doa2.host.sk/
KaZaA Lite is pretty much the same as the original KaZaA Media Desktop. The
fundamental difference is that the Lite version has all the horrid spyware and
adware stripped out. It also has a some other features which are quite handy!
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Monkey Speedup (Note: clicking the link will start the download!)
This is a great companion proggie to KaZaA or KaZaA Lite. It forces KaZaA to
search for more sources more often, and can sometimes make a big difference,
and sometime... no difference at all.
Direct Connect: http://www.neo-modus.com/
Another peer to peer filesharing program. It has an interface simalar to IRC.
I didn't have much luck with it, but some people have awesome luck. It's a group
of server hubs and you can search inside the hubs for which file you want, and
download off one user- if the user goes off line you file is queued untill the
user comes back on.
DC++ http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/
I'm not sure if this is an add on for Direct Connect, or a different program
that lets you acess the same network. I could never get it to install properly,
but I heard reports of up to 65 K a second, and being able to download whole
series in one or two days. I'm just too retarded to figure it out ;_; It apparently
auto-searches for more sources if the user you are downloading off of goes off
line, and allows you to multi-source your downloads, as well as being in more
then one hub at a time.
MIRC : www.mirc.com
A client used to connect to various IRC networks.
FTP: www.download.com
To get to FTP servers, you need a client. Check out this list of different clients
available @ www.download.com
here
FlashFXP : http://www.flashfxp.com/
This is a program that allows you to multi-source your downloads, and resume
downloads that have been disconnected. For use with an FTP Client.
BitTorrent
Bit Torrent is another file sharing program. It kind of hard to explain, but
to get started with BitTorrent Download the software, and then check out the
BitTorrent page for info on where to get the files and how it works.