eXeem

Exeem has been Released!!

YES!! OH YEAH!! YES!!!

It is official and it is available.
http://www.exeem.com/ and http://www.exlite.net/ are ready to be
downloaded.

Note.
If you don't want to read further then just
download the lite version as it has no
adware/spyware.

I have been waiting for this program since
Christmas when the RIAA began an aggressive
campaign in shutting down torrent sites
all over the net. suprnova.org, youceff were
the most high profile casualties.

Exeem has been slated as the solution to all
the problems which the original torrent system
suffered from.

It is decentralised.

That is its main glaring quality along with
updates to the bitorrent protocol itself.

Exeem, itself is similar to many other P2P
programs available very few new features to play
with. Yet:

There is now a comments section where "seeders"
can make comments on specific files. Hence if
you got a file over the network and it did not
contain what you expected it to contain, then you
could complain in the comments section and prevent
other users from making the same mistake as you.
This is also useful if the file contains a virus!

The program also imposes a 1MB pack limit on all
files uploaded onto the network. I agree with this
feature as it prevents the network from getting
full with crap such as word files, pictures, pdf
files and so on.
Instead this feature forces a user to make an
archive of pictures or files to exceed this limit.
Thus if you are looking for CD covers instead of
only being able to find only 1 cover, the seeder
would instead have included the entire collection
of covers preventing fustration for you and me. : )


Bad Stuff.....

Well for a start both programs are in beta meaning
that there are still quite a number of noticeable
bugs in the programs, especially the lite version.

Also Exeem contains adware.
Lots and lots of people have been complaining about
this since it was announced that the program would
contain adware.
That is why the Exeemlite version of the program
without the adware is going to be very popular.
At least now users have choice so it should silence
many of the skeptics.

Now that the network has been decentralised, that
means there is now no control over what files are
shared over the network.
Already people are expressing concern that Exeem
could turn into a Kazaa-like mine field with fake
files, viruses and junk every where you look.
I feel that the comments feature will reduce this
but will that be enough? Only time will tell.

As of yet I am not sure wither the identity of
users is hidden with the new program.
rumors were stirring that the program used
encryption to protect users although there hasn't
been much discussion on that topic so far.

I will continue this at a later date when I
have more information.