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Re: [Mldonkey-users] xMule - an alternative


From: axzv59
Subject: Re: [Mldonkey-users] xMule - an alternative
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:08:24 +0200

xmule runs like a cow for me. I try 2 hours and return to mldonkey 
and his 38KB/s dl average. ( on my adsl link 512/128 ) :-)

En réponse à Brett Dikeman <address@hidden>:
> ------------------ Début du message d'origine --------------------
> Just thought I'd mention that I've been using the "xMule"
> client(www.xmule.org) for about 12 hours so far- and I'm blown
> out of
> the water by how nice the UI is(everything actually makes
> sense,
> information is presented nicely, etc.)
>
> There are some incredibly nice features- for example, a
> "static"
> function for server list entries, whereby they never go away.
> You've
> got control over how many times a server fails on a connection
>
> attempt before it is removed.
>
> The "shared files" page and shared directories browser are
> perfect-
> you can share+unshare directories in a tree display with the
> click of
> a button, and re-scan as well...no restarts or other
> foolishness
> required.  No problems with sharing a file once it finishes.
> You can
> change priorities, limit uploads of a file to friends, so on.
>
> It gets better- the upload pane on the Transfers page shows,
> live,
> all the upload activity, with a host of information.  A live
> list of
> the waiting queue, with an equally impressive amount of
> information,
> is a click away via the right-click menu.
>
>    As for the downloads pane, the progress bar shows both
> percentage
> completed and availability/downloaded chunks.  About the only
> thing
> you can't do is inspect individual sources- functionality I
> don't
> particularly miss.  Another nice feature would be the
> auto-unpause;
> if set, you can have a number of files in the queue, pause all
> but
> one, and as each download finishes, it'll unpause the next.
> Want to
> see lots of information about a file?  Right click on the
> filename
> and choose "Show File Details"- you can see all sorts of
> related
> client, transfer and corruption stats, as well as see counts
> for the
> various filenames, and pick the one you want to use.
>
> The statistics page is a dream- builtin graphing of connection
> usage
> and up/download counts, with session averages displayed as
> well.  A
> separate, collapsible tree shows an impressive number of
> statistics
> that is well categorized.
>
> It lacks the "Extreme Configuration" of mldonkey- but at the
> same
> time, the simplicity is refreshing and it's downright easy to
> use;
> since it's basically eMule, most of the existing eMule
> documentation,
> FAQs, etc apply.
>
>
> Who should not try xMule?  Those who:
>
> -use mldonkey's separated backend/frontend functionality
> -want the ability to poke your finger into every aspect of the
>
> client's operations
> -use the extraneous network protocols(ie, you only use
> edonkey/overnet networks)
> -use the unix-specific functionality of mldonkey(such as
> run-as-user, etc)
>
> I've been using v1.4.0(just released 2 days ago) for less than
> 24
> hours, after what seems like at least a year of mldonkey
> torture.  So
> far, I love it- I'll probably be off the mailing list within a
> day
> and have mldonkey wiped from my system within the week.  I'm
> tired of
> all the eccentricities of the mldonkey client- I just want a
> client
> that WORKS, and xmule works beautifully.
>
> B
> --
>
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> ------------------- Fin du message d'origine ---------------------


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