Limewire Update: X 5.0.11 Beta

Limewire, the file sharing application that’s been around since the early p2p revolution (and managed to keep its good rep) has been updated to the version X 5.0.11.This new release comes to fix numerous bugs detected in the previous version of the client, but not only.

LimeWire X 5.0.11 Beta addresses especially a memory leak by taking out a listener for a friend's library, according to the changelog. Another problem that the new version claims to repair is an exception when holding down the Shift key while left clicking on a column header. Reportedly, a series of other general auto complete fixes have been included in the new version.

Limewire has recently added iTunes integration on both Mac and Windows platforms, and also a browse-host feature, functional even through firewalls. The program connects to the network using GWebCache, a distributed connection system and is one of the very few p2p file sharing applications that work with Mac OS X.

Below are the main features LimeWire X includes:

• Ease of use – just install, run, and search
• Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation
• Elegant multiple search tabbed interface
• 'Swarm' downloads from multiple hosts help you get files faster
• iTunes integration for Mac and Windows users
• Unique 'ultrapeer' technology reduces bandwidth requirements for most users
• Integrated chat
• Directly connect to a computer
• Browse host feature–even works through firewalls
• Added Bitzi metadata lookup
• International versions: Now available in many new languages.
• Connects to the network using GWebCache, a distributed connection system
• Automatic local network searches for lightning-fast downloads. If you're on a corporate or university network, download files from other users on the same network almost instantaneously!
• Support for MAGNET links that allow you to click on web page links that access Gnutella.

Requirements:

• 256 MB RAM.
• A live connection to the Internet.
• Java 1.5 or later

The novelties in this version: 

• Fix a memory leak by removing a listener for a friend's library.
• Fix an exception when holding down the Shift key while left clicking on a column header.
• General auto complete fixes.

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LIMEWIRE X 5.0.11 Beta

LIMEWIRE X 4.18.8 (stable)