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On 1 Aug 2004, at 2:21 pm, Richard Barnett wrote:

quoted 4 lines > http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/29/easy_soulseek_client.html > > I'm not a Mac user, so can't try it myself. >

I managed to successfully get both the fink and precompiled versions of soulseek running on a mac... ...things seem to run smoothly most of the time but it is slightly flakey and not as good as the windows version. For example it periodically loses my config file which in turn loses all the downloads i'm currently getting (grrrr) ...but it's the best way i've found of getting obscure music from a mac :-) Sam Aaron PhD student, School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Sam Aaron wrote:

quoted 15 lines On 1 Aug 2004, at 2:21 pm, Richard Barnett wrote:

> > On 1 Aug 2004, at 2:21 pm, Richard Barnett wrote: > >> http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/29/easy_soulseek_client.html >> >> I'm not a Mac user, so can't try it myself. >> > > I managed to successfully get both the fink and precompiled versions of > soulseek running on a mac... > > ...things seem to run smoothly most of the time but it is slightly > flakey and not as good as the windows version. For example it > periodically loses my config file which in turn loses all the downloads > i'm currently getting (grrrr)

Hey, cheer up! It's extra annoying when the PC version does it! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 3 lines I managed to successfully get both the fink and precompiled versions of

> I managed to successfully get both the fink and precompiled versions of > soulseek running on a mac... >

quoted 1 line can someone please explain what the "fink" and "precompiled" versions

>>>can someone please explain what the "fink" and "precompiled" versions are

exactly???

quoted 3 lines ...things seem to run smoothly most of the time but it is slightly

> ...things seem to run smoothly most of the time but it is slightly > flakey and not as good as the windows version. >

quoted 1 line with the version i have, there's just search and download, compared to the PC

>>>with the version i have, there's just search and download, compared to the PC

version where you can search other users files, chat, blah, blah, blah....it is a flakey version at times, but i have a fairly decent success rate. Interestingly, i have a friend who swears by the Newsgroups for downloads--i don't know anything about them--but i'm very happy with my Soulseek, just wondering if the "Precompiled version" is better than the one i currently have....

quoted 4 lines ...but it's the best way i've found of getting obscure music from a mac

> ...but it's the best way i've found of getting obscure music from a mac > :-) > >>>I definitely agree!!!! =]

quoted 1 line NP: Wighnomy Brothers-"Somewhere over the Slippyberguen"

>>>NP: Wighnomy Brothers-"Somewhere over the Slippyberguen"

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