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offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-03-14 15:27 [#00125853]
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I've noticed a lot of people use Soulseek on this board.
Soulseek only has a Windows client and a barely functional
Linux one, which leaves me locked out (as a Solaris and
occasional MacOS user).

Right now, when I hear about artists on the board, I go to
the record label site and try to find some sample tracks. A
lot of the time none are provided. Then I go to OpenNap or
Gnutella to take a look and usually can't find any either.

Would it be a good idea to standardize on a system for
everyone on the board to use? This way we can find stuff
we're all interested in. I would suggest one of the OpenNap
clients (WinMX, etc), since they are cross-platform and have
a good chat system. Gnutella is also a possibility. We could
even run our own server if someone is willing to host it.
Whaddaya think?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-03-14 15:30 [#00125855]
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I thought they could make one, but as with anything, too
many user = too much publicity = closed down.

I have a policy of only sharing electronic music on soulseek
to stop it becoming mainstream.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-03-14 15:59 [#00125886]
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Soulseek seems a rather closed system. One developer, no
source code, and the main server is run out of his basement.
What happens if the developer is "persuaded" to give up the
project? The protocols for OpenNAP and Gnutella are open and
those services are nearly impossible to shut down. Just a
thought.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 16:03 [#00125894]
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Soulseek is underground...thats it's big appeal...

And if it end, it ends...tho I doubt it now as it's in
constant dev and there are a number of new users who are
working on extending it to other platforms...


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-03-14 20:55 [#00126338]
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I'm surprised there's not that much interest! Anyways, I'm
back to my opennap hangout on djnap.djnap.it


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-03-14 20:58 [#00126345]
Points: 8864 Status: Regular



Soulseek sux ass! Winmx sux ass! Morpheus was OK, Napter was
king! even though it fuckt up a lot and had problems with
files. it had the most stuff!

I dunno lately ive been into buying cds!

 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-03-15 08:38 [#00126897]
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AudioGalaxy is the next best thing from napster...

 

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