Re: BitTorrent

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

On Tuesday, Feb 15, 2005, at 15:20 US/Central, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Monday, Feb 14, 2005, at 21:35 US/Central, 
> mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> Probably because the coolest BT client around is Azureus 
>> (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/)
>> and it's Java-based. And Java isn't FLOSS, although it is freeware, 
>> it isn't
>> freedomware.
>>
>> And frankly, Bram's clients user interfaces leave a lot to be desired.
>
> True.  Despite Bram's client being just OK, I'd throw it on the CD.  
> It's minimalist, but it works.  I'd also throw in Azureus, along with 
> links to the Azureus page on getting Java.

BTW, this is exactly what I did recently on a borrowed Windows 98 
machine:

  - installed FireFox
  - installed Bram's BitTorrent
  - used Bram's BitTorrent to download Java 1.5 from the Azureus page
  - downloaded Azureus
  - installed both Java 1.5 and Azureus on Windows 98.

Works great.

Regards,
- Robert
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