DC++ is a file sharing program that downloads "directly" from one user to another, while this makes sharing tedius, and a tad bit slower at times, it is completely worth it, because the hubs are offering data on the level of hundreds of terabytes. Direct Connects own website once claimed to have over 1 Petabyte of data floating around on the entire Direct Connect community.
How it works: When you open DC++, the program will automatically download a hublist for you to browse. You cannot join any hub that you want to, they all have different requirements, most of them based on your share size. As you build up a larger and larger collection of sharible media, you can join the better quality hubs. And I'm not talking about your 10gb music collection either... a lot of them require about 30 gb shares... some of them all the way up to 100gb (which I can't get in to).
Direct Connect is not for music, just stick w/ K-Lite or Limewire. What it is absolutely wonderful for is downloading CD immages in their orriginal .bin format so that you can store them on your computer as a virtual CD ROM. Look for CDWin version 5 to emulate these .bin files.
The software sellection is EXCELLENT I've always had any program I've ever wanted, whether they be Office Software, Graphics, Digital Video, Opperating Systems, Games, or Studio Music and Audio software... it's all there, even the newest shit, you just have to become aquainted with the program.
Also, if you have a particular disposition to not like scandinavians, don't even try this program, a lot of times you will run into hubs that aren't written in English, but rather Sweedish, but don't worry, they usually speak English anyway.
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