About:
Soulseek (http://www.slsknet.org) is a communication and file-sharing system. It is quite similar to Napster: it lets you exchange files, search for files, chat with other users in public and in private, browse their files, and get recommendations for music. SoulSeek for Linux is a GUI client for the system written in Python/wxPython. It includes all the major functionality: chat, searches, and file transfers.

Author:
Alexander Kanavin [contact developer]

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8.32/10.00 (21 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.sensi.org/~ak/pyslsk/
Debian package:
http://www.arrakis.es/~frigola/pyslsk/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		X11 Applications :: GTK
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		MacOS X, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris, Unix
[Programming Language]		Python
[Topic]		Communications :: Chat, Communications :: File Sharing

Dependencies: [change]
Python (required)
wxPython (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.2.7	07-May-2005	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Is it stable?
by Alexei A. Korolev - Feb 15th 2007 16:55:14

I read article about soulseek network. Author said that network is unstable due central server. Is it right?

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[»] Re: Is it stable?
by Alexander Kanavin - Feb 16th 2007 09:53:21


> I read article about soulseek network.

> Author said that network is unstable due

> central server. Is it right?

Article says "It used to be the reason for network crashes due to CPU overloading." That means it happened in the past, but does not happen anymore.



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[»] Re: Is it stable?
by Alexei A. Korolev - Feb 16th 2007 11:52:29

Ok. Thank you for fast reply.

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