# What do you use to DL stuff?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676 "2001-07-08T07:46:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ssj\_man2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ssj\_man2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssj_man2k)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676/1 "2001-07-08T07:46:41Z")

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I use kazaa and limewire. I prefer kazaa, you get great speeds, and it is real user friendly. Direct X is good for porn.

And i have never heard of link deleted. When did that come around?

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676/2 "2001-07-09T04:25:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ssj\_man2k \*  
> And i have never heard of link deleted. When did that come around?

About the same time that the Reader decided it didn’t want certain information promulgated on this board.

I think what I have is a 56K. At school I have a T1.

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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676/3 "2001-07-09T07:05:34Z")

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I use BearShare. It seems okay although I don’t get as many accurate hits as when Napster was at its height. Dammit, I miss the old Napster.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-dl-stuff/71676/4 "2001-07-09T07:46:28Z")

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Uh-oh! Let’s ignore MP3s, Napster, and piracy unless you want the file-sharing dogs to be released. None of us need that.

For general file-sharing (abandonware, roms, patches, mods, levels, and you certainly can’t forget PORNO) I use KaZaA!, it’s pretty much the best out there.

If you’re using BearShare, switch to LimeWire. It’s much more user friendly, but based on the same network. I wouldn’t suggest using the outdated Gnutella-based software, though.

WinMX is okay but spotty. I can only seem to get two or three servers connected at once.

[disclaimer: The above information is not to be used to facilitate illegal program piracy or music theft.]

–Tim