FrostWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program for the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. FrostWire is written in Java, and is a fork of LimeWire, another popular Gnutella client. Released under the GNU General Public License, FrostWire is free software and is a good alternative for Limewire.

LimeWire is a very popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software among (porn-loving) Windows desktop users :-) So it's no surprise that I receive emails every now and then from people who recently switched to Linux asking me worriedly how they can install and use LimeWire on their newly installed distro (mostly Ubuntu).

LimeWire is a multi-platform Gnutella client with nice features like auto-connect, groups, browse host, multiple search, upload throttling, connection quality control, library management and sophisticated filtering. It is built for the both the novice and power user.

If you are working limewire with beryl you might see blank beryl problem here is the solution for this...

FrostWire is a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) client written in Java, the last version at the time of writing being 4.17.0. Here are several easy steps you need to follow in order to install and run FrostWire on your Debian Lenny box.

Entrepreneur Mark Gorton wants to do for people what he already helped do for files: move them from here to there in the most efficient way possible using open-source tools.

Entreprenisto, kelkaj hiphopistoj kaj aliaj Usonanoj akuzas CBS’on kaj Lime Group’on pri faciligo de malobservado de kopirajto per disponigo de programoj por samtavola ŝutado de dosieroj.

(en) links to English sources are at the bottom.

So you’ve made the switch to Linux but would still like to access Limewire, emule, bit torrent and/or Soulseek networks? Well you’re in luck as Linux has client applications for all of these networks and some mighty fine ones at that.

FrostWire is an open-source, free Java-based peer-to-peer client with support for the BitTorrent protocol, skins and iTunes. The latest release, 4.18.0, contains many improvements, bug fixes and several changes. See the official announcement here.