XMule
Encyclopedia
xMule — the X11 Mule — is a client for the eDonkey
peer-to-peer
file sharing
network, originally intended to bring it to virtually all the major Unix
platforms, with a particular emphasis on Linux
. The project is no longer being developed, and users of xMule are encouraged to move to the BitTorrent network or use aMule
in the official xMule website.
xMule is a fork of the lMule
client, which itself was originally a Linux-only port of the eMule
client. Due to severe differences between the developers, a new fork was created with the aMule
project on August 18, 2003; the day that one of xMule's maintainers, Ted R. Smith, was sued by the Motion Picture Association of America
.
xMule has since suffered from negative publicity through anonymous comments on software review sites such as GnomeFiles and Zeropaid, some of them even suggesting that the xMule project had stopped (while promoting aMule
) when it was not the case at the time. The official aMule
page solely states that "relations between the two projects are sadly in a rather sorry state", whereas xMule's site contains an extensive manifesto on the issue, which goes as far as drawing comparisons to the different coding philosophies behind Internet Explorer
and Mozilla
.
project when it was first ported to FreeBSD in early May 2003 and the maintainers effectively lost control of the lMule website.http://www.xmule.ws/lmuleorg_takeover.txt http://lmule.sourceforge.net/news.php
EDonkey network
The eDonkey network is a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file sharing network best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term availability of files...
peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
file sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
network, originally intended to bring it to virtually all the major Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
platforms, with a particular emphasis on Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
. The project is no longer being developed, and users of xMule are encouraged to move to the BitTorrent network or use aMule
AMule
aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
in the official xMule website.
xMule is a fork of the lMule
LMule
lMule was an early attempt to bring an eMule-like client to Linux started in January 2003 by Timo Kujala, who ported all eMule code to Linux by himself...
client, which itself was originally a Linux-only port of the eMule
EMule
eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
client. Due to severe differences between the developers, a new fork was created with the aMule
AMule
aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
project on August 18, 2003; the day that one of xMule's maintainers, Ted R. Smith, was sued by the Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. , originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America , was founded in 1922 and is designed to advance the business interests of its members...
.
xMule has since suffered from negative publicity through anonymous comments on software review sites such as GnomeFiles and Zeropaid, some of them even suggesting that the xMule project had stopped (while promoting aMule
AMule
aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
) when it was not the case at the time. The official aMule
AMule
aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
page solely states that "relations between the two projects are sadly in a rather sorry state", whereas xMule's site contains an extensive manifesto on the issue, which goes as far as drawing comparisons to the different coding philosophies behind Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
and Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
.
Trivia
The name xMule was created as the new official name for the lMuleLMule
lMule was an early attempt to bring an eMule-like client to Linux started in January 2003 by Timo Kujala, who ported all eMule code to Linux by himself...
project when it was first ported to FreeBSD in early May 2003 and the maintainers effectively lost control of the lMule website.http://www.xmule.ws/lmuleorg_takeover.txt http://lmule.sourceforge.net/news.php