[thechat] good, no-spyware replacement for Napster?

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Mar 18 13:32:01 CST 2002


shirley,

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> From: Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns
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> My daughter is wondering what a good replacement is
> for Napster AND one that doesn't have any spyware
> (unlike KaZaa - what a nightmare) lurking secretly. I
> won't allow anything like that on any of my computers.
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i don't blame you.

i recently started using something called winmx.  it has things about it i like. however, the userbase doesn't seem to be high enough for searches to return results for the types of music i listen to.  that could change though.

http://www.winmx.com/

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> She downloaded Morpheus, [...]
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morpheus is kazaa is morpheus.

they both connect to the same network.  they both use the same p2p engine.  they both have a nearly identical interface.  they just have different names.

fwiw, i still prefer kazaa over the rest that are available.  when installing it you can choose to not install the spyware pieces.  just make sure you read the text descriptions for each of the checkboxes in the install process *very* carefully.

.jeff

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