DC Client Ratings
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Introduction
Use this page to rate various DC clients so that other users may pick a good one
Windows
DC++
- OS: Microsoft Windows
- URL: http://www.dcpp.net/
- Pros
+ Main DC++ client, virtually all others are derived form this
- Cons
- No standard mods (ie client emulating)
BCDC++
- OS: NT, 2000, XP, 2003
- URL: http://utrum.dyndns.org:8000/
- Pros
+ Bandwidth Limiting + colored & highlighting text + Various media players plug into the client + commonly used among the more advanced users, easy to find help
- Cons
- Might be banned on some public hubs.
StrongDC
- OS: XP
- URL: http://strongdc.berlios.de/index.php?lang=eng
- Pros
+ Segmented downloads are cool. (see con) + GPL-ed, source is available.
- Cons
- The upload speeds tends to be limited by the client itself, for some unknown reason - Default Segmented Downloads is not good for high speed networks. - There is a limit of one search every 30 seconds
Macintosh
Shakespeer
- OS: OS X
- URL: http://shakespeer.bzero.se/
- Pros
+ UI goes well with rest of OS X + Solutions to most problems can be found on the Shakespeare forums
- Cons
- Still has some minor noticeable bugs
Linux
Linux DC++
- OS: linux
- URL: http://linuxdcpp.berlios.de/
- Pros
+
- Cons
-
Multi-Platform
Valknut
- OS: Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, . . .
- URL: http://dcgui.berlios.de/
- Official website
- URL2: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~csucda/valknut.html
- Unofficial updates
- Pros
+ Open source.
- Cons
- Awful user interface.