It followed in the footsteps of Napster and limewire as a P2P client, primarily for sharing music. Unlike its predecessors, it survived basically unchanged for the last decades, basically just flying under the radar.
I still recommend it, though I think Nicotine+ is a better client (its a different frontend for the same network). It’s not necessarily better than torrenting, just different. It also has chatrooms which I used to quite enjoy as a youngster back in the early 2000s.
I was in a geeky mood and was browsing http://www.bash.org’s QDB.
I stumbled across this quote:
<etc> so tempting to release a product called ‘nicotine’ and wait for the patches.
<etc> then i would have a reason to only apply one patch a day. otherwise, i’m going against medical advise.
So I thought what the hell and bluntly stole etc’s idea.
It followed in the footsteps of Napster and limewire as a P2P client, primarily for sharing music. Unlike its predecessors, it survived basically unchanged for the last decades, basically just flying under the radar.
I still recommend it, though I think Nicotine+ is a better client (its a different frontend for the same network). It’s not necessarily better than torrenting, just different. It also has chatrooms which I used to quite enjoy as a youngster back in the early 2000s.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Well that solves that mystery, which I’ve idly wondered about but not enough to look it up. Thanks!
it’s on the homepage lol
Nicotine+ is a better client because it’s more actively developed. The official Soulseek client hasn’t had an update in 3 years.