# What’s the best gnutella clone out there?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329 "2002-04-18T15:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/1 "2002-04-18T15:52:46Z")

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I used to use Morpheus, but I stopped when they asked me to downgrade to their new ‘preview’ version. Which apps are still popular?

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**Author:** ![welby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/2 "2002-04-18T16:09:26Z")

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I use Limewire. Pretty good selection, though it installs adware. However, i use Ad-awre to remove it and ignore the “Do you want to upgrade to the new version?” prompts that it gives you when you remove the adware.  
[www.limewire.com](http://www.limewire.com)

E-donkey is pretty cool too, though it’s best for getting movies, not music or programs.

[www.edonkey2000.com](http://www.edonkey2000.com)

You are ever so welcome.

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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/3 "2002-04-18T16:09:34Z")

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WinMX.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/4 "2002-04-18T16:14:53Z")

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Hm. I thought this was going to be about Nutella. I like Nutella better than Patillia, but Nutella is $2.79/371g. at Trader Joe’s and Patillia is $0.99/400g at Pic-N-Save.

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/5 "2002-04-18T16:30:54Z")

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thank you ever so much **welby1**

I used to use the limewire also, but i like audiogalaxy better for music. At the moment i’m looking for a good client for movies and apps. Does anyone use the Morpheus preview version? Is it any good? What about its sister, Kazaa? WinMX and edonkey look promising though.

Note to Mods: Myself and the rest of the upstanding doper community only use these applications to download backups of music, movies, and software that we have already purchased in the manner permitted by their TOS.

😉

p.s. **Johnny L.A.** I love Nutella

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**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/6 "2002-04-18T18:49:57Z")

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[Useful information](http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5077/new/cleankazaa.html).

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**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-gnutella-clone-out-there/104329/7 "2002-04-18T18:59:19Z")

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Kazaa is pretty cool, but it also installs adware/spyware such as Cydoor and something called the B3D Projector. However, you can get around this with some stuff found at [http://www.cexx.org/main.htm](http://www.cexx.org/main.htm) . Kazaa is great for movies, apps, etc. Hope this helps.