Originally posted by Saintaw
Thanks guys, that Emule project looks cool, but I remember Edonkey being so *slow*.
Emule stores sources from every server he connects to. He also exchanges source lists and server lists with other clients. In fact it can work even without connection to server, only without search.
I pasture my artiodactyl at "closed" Russian-only servers, but when I want to DL something English-only I connect to some "foreign" servers and in a few minutes collect enough sources to get anything fast.
Popular films that were "released" into eDonkey recently are very fast to DL. Usually takes one night to get them. But if you want to fish for something rare - you have to be patient. It took me 1.5 months to DL "Das Boot" on 2 CDs with a good Russian translation...
Now I search for "K-19 the Widowmaker" in decent quality. I don't want to pay $3 for a CD with a screener translated to Russian.