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  1. Limewire was launched 26 years ago today, the man behind it went on to organise RKF Jr's political campaign.
    I still have files I downloaded from that network, older than some adults running about these days.
    Having a 'Ship of Theseus' moment now...

    slashgear.com/1348377/history-

    #LimeWire #P2p #FileSharing

  2. Limewire was launched 26 years ago today, the man behind it went on to organise RKF Jr's political campaign.
    I still have files I downloaded from that network, older than some adults running about these days.
    Having a 'Ship of Theseus' moment now...

    slashgear.com/1348377/history-

    #LimeWire #P2p #FileSharing

  3. Ars Technica: “Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment. “On Reddit, users shared links to a LimeWire torrent, prompting chuckles from people surprised to see the peer-to-peer service best known for infecting parents’ computers with viruses in the 2000s suddenly revived in 2025 to skirt feared US government censorship.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/ars-technica-yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/
  4. Ars Technica: “Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment. “On Reddit, users shared links to a LimeWire torrent, prompting chuckles from people surprised to see the peer-to-peer service best known for infecting parents’ computers with viruses in the 2000s suddenly revived in 2025 to skirt feared US government censorship.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/ars-technica-yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/
  5. Der alte Filesharing-Dienst #LimeWire erlebt ein überraschendes Comeback als Anti-Zensur-Tool für einen kritischen TV-Beitrag über einen Abschiebe-Knast, den CBS in den USA zurückgehalten hatte. winfuture.de/news,155792.html?

  6. Der alte Filesharing-Dienst #LimeWire erlebt ein überraschendes Comeback als Anti-Zensur-Tool für einen kritischen TV-Beitrag über einen Abschiebe-Knast, den CBS in den USA zurückgehalten hatte. winfuture.de/news,155792.html?

  7. @jdacee #limewire now there's something I haven't heard of in years

  8. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  9. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  10. New docker release of #decentralized #p2p search engine YaCy arrived. yacy.net
    A better alternative to duckduckgo #searx .
    new images are now about 400MB instead of 1.3-2GB because of enhanced packaging. And they are multi-arch!
    With docker you can run YaCy simply with:
    docker run -d -p 8090:8090 yacy/yacy_search_server:latest

    P2P technologies and P2P search engines are more sustainable and fault-tolerant than centralized cloud or VPS-based systems because they distribute data and processing across many independent nodes rather than relying on a single or limited set of servers. This decentralization reduces energy consumption by leveraging existing resources on users' devices instead of massive data centers that require constant cooling and power. It also enhances fault tolerance, as the network remains operational even if multiple nodes fail, avoiding single points of failure common in centralized models. Furthermore, P2P search engines protect privacy by reducing reliance on centralized data collection. By democratically sharing load and data, P2P systems create resilient, scalable, and eco-friendly alternatives to traditional centralized architectures.

    alternative classic search engines swisscows.com/en kagi.com frogfind.com
    alternative p2p tech to try that provide p2p distributed search capabilities : dc++ , gnutella2 , zeronet , holochain

    If you do self host YaCy, or maybe use fancy non bittorrent p2p & publish a video review on peertube - let me know.

    Please boost, re-toot, re-tweet this post across #fediverse this is important.

    #search #searchengine #docker #selfhost #selfhosting #selfhosted #p2p #serverless #opendata #democracy #distributed #distributedcomputing #napster #limewire #torrent #bittorrent

  11. New docker release of #decentralized #p2p search engine YaCy arrived. yacy.net
    A better alternative to duckduckgo #searx .
    new images are now about 400MB instead of 1.3-2GB because of enhanced packaging. And they are multi-arch!
    With docker you can run YaCy simply with:
    docker run -d -p 8090:8090 yacy/yacy_search_server:latest

    P2P technologies and P2P search engines are more sustainable and fault-tolerant than centralized cloud or VPS-based systems because they distribute data and processing across many independent nodes rather than relying on a single or limited set of servers. This decentralization reduces energy consumption by leveraging existing resources on users' devices instead of massive data centers that require constant cooling and power. It also enhances fault tolerance, as the network remains operational even if multiple nodes fail, avoiding single points of failure common in centralized models. Furthermore, P2P search engines protect privacy by reducing reliance on centralized data collection. By democratically sharing load and data, P2P systems create resilient, scalable, and eco-friendly alternatives to traditional centralized architectures.

    alternative classic search engines swisscows.com/en kagi.com frogfind.com
    alternative p2p tech to try that provide p2p distributed search capabilities : dc++ , gnutella2 , zeronet , holochain

    If you do self host YaCy, or maybe use fancy non bittorrent p2p & publish a video review on peertube - let me know.

    Please boost, re-toot, re-tweet this post across #fediverse this is important.

    #search #searchengine #docker #selfhost #selfhosting #selfhosted #p2p #serverless #opendata #democracy #distributed #distributedcomputing #napster #limewire #torrent #bittorrent

  12. NBC News: LimeWire acquires Fyre Festival, asking ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?’. “LimeWire, the filesharing service that set the internet ablaze in the 2000s before being shut down for copyright infringement, said Tuesday that is acquiring the rights to Fyre Festival. And it appreciates the irony.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/17/nbc-news-limewire-acquires-fyre-festival-asking-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

  13. A little update on the Fyre Festival Fiasco.

    After the original Fyre festival fell apart, organiser Billy McFarland served four years for fraud. Fresh out of jail, Billy unveiled "Fyre Festival 2" which promptly flopped and was "indefinitely postponed".

    So Billy auctioned the Fyre Festival brand, including its "trademarks, IP, digital assets, media reach, and cultural capital" (sic!).

    A company called LimeWire paid $245,300 for the package. This is not the early 2000s file-sharing LimeWire but another outfit which bought the original brand and turned it into a marketplace for NFTs.

    So a cryptobro company which sells NFTs bought the rights to a festival which is synonymous with bad organisation.

    Serves them right.

    the-independent.com/tech/limew

    #Fyre #FyreFestival #LimeWire

  14. A little update on the Fyre Festival Fiasco.

    After the original Fyre festival fell apart, organiser Billy McFarland served four years for fraud. Fresh out of jail, Billy unveiled "Fyre Festival 2" which promptly flopped and was "indefinitely postponed".

    So Billy auctioned the Fyre Festival brand, including its "trademarks, IP, digital assets, media reach, and cultural capital" (sic!).

    A company called LimeWire paid $245,300 for the package. This is not the early 2000s file-sharing LimeWire but another outfit which bought the original brand and turned it into a marketplace for NFTs.

    So a cryptobro company which sells NFTs bought the rights to a festival which is synonymous with bad organisation.

    Serves them right.

    the-independent.com/tech/limew

    #Fyre #FyreFestival #LimeWire

  15. ALSO neat, something I learned about through that video: there's a site collecting these tracks! With cool visualizer bargraphs and accreditation and everything.

    keygenmusic.tk/

    #music #tech #technology #torrent #bittorrent #kazaa #limewire #chiptune

  16. What a neat video about a delightful topic: who made all that funky tracker music in keygen programs accompanying illegally downloaded software in the '00s?

    :youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=zHgcrdv8zpM

    #music #video #documentary #tech #technology #torrent #bittorrent #kazaa #limewire #chiptune #commodore64

  17. In his first piece for Rense’s site in 2005, #LelandLehrman described himself as “an American citizen of Jewish heritage concerned about the methods & doctrines that the criminal leadership of the Jewish & Zionist hierarchy have promoted worldwide.”

    Mark Gorton (the millionaire creator of #LimeWire) & Tony Lyons (the founder of #SkyhorsePublishing, which releases conspiratorial & #AntiVaccine books, including by #RFKJr) are cofounders of #MAHA PAC, & co-presidents of the MAHA Institute.

    #Trump

  18. In his first piece for Rense’s site in 2005, #LelandLehrman described himself as “an American citizen of Jewish heritage concerned about the methods & doctrines that the criminal leadership of the Jewish & Zionist hierarchy have promoted worldwide.”

    Mark Gorton (the millionaire creator of #LimeWire) & Tony Lyons (the founder of #SkyhorsePublishing, which releases conspiratorial & #AntiVaccine books, including by #RFKJr) are cofounders of #MAHA PAC, & co-presidents of the MAHA Institute.

    #Trump

  19. @FeloniousPunk shout-out to the Limewire Hardcore, I've got mp3 files older than some adults on my drives!

    #Limewire #Digitalpackrat

  20. @FeloniousPunk shout-out to the Limewire Hardcore, I've got mp3 files older than some adults on my drives!

    #Limewire #Digitalpackrat

  21. A propos Musik: wisst ihr noch, wie wir alle dachten, "Where is my Mind" (Abspann von Fight Club) sei von Placebo, weil man auf #Limewire fast nur die Version mit dem falschen Dateinamen gefunden hat? Good Times.

  22. Everyone is posting their wrapped so thought I would post mine

    And before you ask, yes my computer does seem to be infected with a virus, how did you know?

    #Meme #Limewire #Wrapped #SpotifyWrapped #Torrenting #Pirating

  23. Everyone is posting their wrapped so thought I would post mine

    And before you ask, yes my computer does seem to be infected with a virus, how did you know?

    #Meme #Limewire #Wrapped #SpotifyWrapped #Torrenting #Pirating

  24. A filthy and horny mix from Peaches, they would have had to play that late at night on the radio with some of those tunes, whew!

    I know this was one of the first tunes I downloaded on Limewire and in the hallowed folder of mp3's which are now older than a few adults walking around right now.

    youtube.com/watch?v=tYg3aHT8vG
    #Breezeblock #Peaches #Limewire