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                                    LMule
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                               eMule for Linux
              


 About
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This program is a Linux port of eMule client using wxWindows class library.


 Installation
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See INSTALL file


 Basic LMule Tips
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* ALWAYS run LMule as a REGULAR USER
* NEVER run LMule as root (unless you have a repressive ISP and need to use
  ports lower than 1024).
* If you are behind a firewall or router, be sure that ports 4662 (TCP)
  and 4672 (UDP) are unblocked, or you will *always* receive a low ID.
* Obtain an appropriate server.met:  e.g., if you are a dialup, using
  the max server list is not recommend.
* Set your temp and shared directories in Preferences->Directories
   *  To recursively select a certain directory, click on its box while holding
      down the CTRL button.
*  You should *NOT* share
   *  Your temp download directory!
   *  You /etc directory
   *  Probably not your /var, /lib, /boot, or /usr directory
   *  Certainly make sure that any really confidential files (password files, 
      private SSH keys, credit card numbers :) are *not* shared.  So generally
      do not share ~, although ~/files or the equivalent should be OK.
*  Remember that you get certain download priveledges with those eMule and 
   LMule users to whom you upload files, in the form of reduced queue waits.

 Obtaining your first server list
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1) Use one of the following links in the "Update server.met from URL" box in 
   the Server tab.  They are apparently updated every 20 minutes.

   *  The current top 50 servers (these fill up fast)
http://ocbmaurice.dyndns.org/pl/slist.pl/server.met?download
   *  The current top 150 servers
http://ocbmaurice.dyndns.org/pl/slist.pl/server.met?download/server-good.met 
   *  The biggest list (~300 servers) maintained by the site.  Only if you have
      a very decent connection, AFAIK.
http://ocbmaurice.dyndns.org/pl/slist.pl/server.met?download/server-max.met 

2) Alternatively, for very recent lists of eMule/LMule servers, you can 
   a) connect via IRC to irc.liquidirc.com,
   b) join channel #emule, 
   c) and type !serverlist, 

 Icons
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To find descriptions of the various icons found inside LMule, take a
look at http://www.emule-project.net/faq/icons.htm

 License
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LMule -- like eMule -- is released under the GNU General Public License 
See COPYING file for details.


 Developers
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  Timo Kujala <tkujala@lut.fi>
  BedBoi  <bedboi@users.sourceforge.net>
  Pure_Ascii <pure_ascii@users.sourceforge.net>
  Marcelo Falero <mfalero@users.sourceforge.net>
  Fuentes Xavier <furax@r00tworld.com>
  Ted R. Smith <un-thesis@wakeup-people.com>
  Alo Sarv (aka Madcat) <flodrot@users.sourceforge.net>

 Links
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http://LMule.sourceforge.net
        - LMule homepage
http://www.wxwindows.org
        - wxWindows toolkit homepage
http://www.emule-project.net
	- emule homepage

-- Last modified by Un-Thesis at 2228 UTC on 2003-04-20 --
