p2pnet news | Open Source:- Looking for a free and independent P2P application —- and one that’s an unshackled alternative to LimeWire (Pro)?

Look no further.

FrostWire 4.13.5 is now available online for MS Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Major updates include better network boot-straping and peer discovery, improvements on the Chatroom tab, Audio Previews, and more.

"Other improvements have taken place for the FrostWire build process (for developers this means true One-Step builds for all versions)," say the guys, going on that updates on translations have been made thanks to the feedback from users in Poland and throughout Latin America. .

FrostWire, a Gnutella Peer-to-Peer client, is a collaborative effort launched by Open Source and freelance developers located from around the world.

In late 2005, concerned developers of LimeWire’s open source community announced the start of a new project fork "FrostWire" to protect the developmental source code of the LimeWire client and any improvements to the Gnutella protocol design.

FrostWire falls under the GNU General Public License whihc, says the app’s developer, is the, "ideal foundation of a creative and free enterprise market".

Users old and new can expect: Faster peer discovery on connection bootstraping’ and, no more "Starting Connection …" problems. First time users will connect faster without using the official FixConnecting.zip patch.

Are Smileys essential components in your communication processes? No worries, then, because users can now see and use Smileys from the Community Chat tab, and Smiley display can be enabled or disabled from the view menu.

Other features include:

• Firewall-to-firewall transfers
• Turbo-Charged Download Speeds
• Absolutely NO Spyware or Adware
• Creative Commons license support
• Max. speed network connections
• Junk Result Filters
• iTunes Integration
• BitTorrent Support
• Proxy Support

Bug Fixes and other improvements for FrostWire 4.13.5, which is expected to be the last of the 4.13.x series, include:

• FrostWire Message Update System improved.
• Fixed bugs on the media player and playlists on Preview.
• Fixed bug on search box auto-focusing while a search is running.*
• Fixed i18n system error for systems when default language isn’t English
• Users can now find details without the auto-focusing problem.

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