Posted by George Hester on 10/02/05 05:59

"Trog Dog" <tRrEoMgOdVoEgC_AaPuS@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:uHv%e.4286$U51.4234@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I have just recently d/l'd aresgalaxy from sourceforge and it seems to be
a
> good replacement for winmx. Similar enough for the learning curve to be
> small, yet seems to have benefits that winmx could not deliver.
>
> Btw, winmx is the only p2p app I have used.
>
> What's to like about aresgalaxy?
>
> Well after 1 hour of use, sharing the same files as with winmx these are
my
> observations.
>
> 1 - its open source, that means its less vulnerable to a cease & desist
than
> winmx.
> 2 - so far I've d/l'd more than I've u/l'd - does that make me a leach? I
> don't think so because it seems that ares uses a different method of
> spreading the load. Remember these are initial impressions after about 1
> hour of use. But over the same period of time using winmx I think I
> would've been able to d/l less and more users would've connected and u/l'd
> more from me. End result - I'm not getting hammered by leaches. At this
> stage still haven't been able to work out how to browse what an individual
> is sharing.
> 3 - content is not as good as winmx.
> 4 - no help menu/page, but winmx had a help button that led you to a page
> that said help was under development.
> 5 - harder to share files than in winmx.
> 6 - it works.
> 7 - d/l speeds are at least equal to winmx.
> 8 - the network seems to be far more decentralised than winmx, more
sources
> and less burden on those sharing.
>
>
> I've never had any reason to use anything other than winmx, and I
installed
> the host file fix, but I think from now on ares will be my p2p app - it
just
> seems better.
>
>

Does it have adware in it? I believe so but you didn't address that.

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George Hester
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