What happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on? (programming.dev)

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Is retroshare the new iteration of this?

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[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

By MuWire, I meant the network, not the software. I wasn't aware it was being developed again, actually. Maybe the current political climate made the dev feel like his work was needed again. The network never died. I use Linux too. eMule and Gnutella both have Linux clients, but availability might vary from one distro to another. On openSuse Tumbleweed, we have aMule and GTK-Gnutella. Based on the IP addresses I see, they seem more popular in Europe than in the US.

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