FrostWire - (Open Source)
FrostWire is a free software alternative for sharing file over the Internet, allowing to download large files.
FrostWire is a P2P client application for sharing files over the Gnutella network. With a simple and nice interface, user can easily access data on the Internet and share his video, audio, images, etc. It also offers the possibility to download documents by inserting the IP address in the corresponding field.
The program is very useful for downloading large files, because it avoids to restart the download from the beginning in case of failure. Its intuitive and user-friendly graphical interface allows easy handling, being in the same time, compatible with the bit torrent protocol.
It does not carry either spyware or advertising or other dangerous software in the installation file.
FrostWire loads a function that allows the discussion with other users. Listening to online radio is also on the program. Embedded audio and video player make it easy viewing or listening to these kinds of files.
* Fixes Bittorrent Incompatibilities.
* Mac launcher fixes bug where FrostWire would not allow itself to run on a external disk.
* Fixes bug on Welcome Screen, now you don’t need to open FrostWire twice to get the latest welcome screen.
* FrostWire caches the last 2 images shown on the Welcome Screen to save bandwidth from static servers.
* Tools > Check for Updates. Now FrostWire can check for configuration updates, community messages, new FrostWire releases and welcome screen promotion updates during runtime.
* The welcome screen can be customized for every language, giving the chance to more content creators to be promoted every week to different audiences that speak their language.
* The Buttons of the Download Manager have been rearranged to avoid mistakes when trying to resume downloads. The Clear and Cancel Buttons are all the way to the right. Thanks to ’ssome’ for the suggestion.
* New Splash Screen.
* Anti spam filters updated to filter out new keywords used by spammers.
* New “Buy†icon.
* The community chat ‘Connect’ button now checks if a nickname has been set and helps the user set a default nickname using an input dialog.
* When users issue the “/nick†command on the chat, FrostWire will remember the new nickname as the default nickname.