Morpheus Preview Edition?

[Guest areacode212]

Hm, I just downloaded the new Morpheus Preview Edition, and from one I can see, it appears to have turned into a Gnutella clone. And it's slow as hell. Umm...I'm not enjoying this at all.

 

Here's a statement from the CEO (which can also be read at http://www.musiccity.com):

StreamCast/Morpheus CEO Steve Griffin

This week MusicCity and Morpheus users suffered dual attacks. First, early this week MusicCity's servers were hit by a massive Denial of Service attack. Soon thereafter, Morpheus users found that a separate attack had been launched on their computers and their Morpheus software programs.

 

It appears that the attacks included an encrypted message being repeatedly sent directly to your computers that changed registry settings in your computer. Later, it appears our ad servers were attacked resulting in messages being sent to other sites without our knowledge, which threatened our most basic revenue model. We believe some of these attacks continue as Morpheus users attempt to connect to the old Morpheus User Network. This was why it is important to quickly deploy our new software product.

 

This unprovoked attack is being carefully investigated, as it appears that federal laws may have been violated. We are still attempting to discover who would want to eliminate the community of millions of consumers who are using the Morpheus software product to connect with other users around the world.

 

These attacks have forced us to more quickly deploy our new software product in order to allow you to bring the largest p2p community back together. Since it appears that the attack on your computers came from the closed proprietary FastTrack-Kazaa software, we have opted not to continue with this p2p kernel. We believe it to have the ability to access your computer at will and change registry settings. In addition, we remain committed to NOT bundling any spy ware with our product.

 

We are pleased to migrate to an open Protocol product with the release of Morpheus Preview Edition, which is based on the very large network of Gnutella users. The new software will provide you with the ability for faster searches, the display of more search results, and many more new and exciting features. KEEP IN MIND that this is only our preview edition. Any time change occurs, many object and think the old version was better. Our objective is to create a new and exciting software product. Since our company and your p2p network are being attacked, we would appreciate your constructive comments for improvement, not simply criticisms. With you help and input, we will continue to provide the pre-eminent p2p software product in the world.

 

Lastly, we want to address some of the misinformation we've seen recently. There have been many comments that we caused these problems intentionally. Let me assure you that we would NEVER treat the Morpheus users in this fashion. Others have said we would re-launch with a paid subscription model, again, not true. Our commitment is to always provide you a free version of the Morpheus software product. Thanks again for making Morpheus the most widely downloaded p2p product in the world. We are hard at work to provide you with the products you have come to expect from our company. From our perspective p2p means people to people.

 

Our goal is to create the software that lets you create the network. Thanks again for your support.

[Guest DrTom]

I used Kazaa the other day without a problem.  The interface is nice, and I have software installed that kills the spyware, so that's not an issue.  Morpheus hasn't worked well since I upgraded to WinXP, and I've had no problems at all with Kazaa.

 

I used to have Gnutella, and didn't care much for it.  Having to find another computer to connect to was a pain, and it wasn't very intuitive.  There are a couple of decent file-sharing programs, though, that you can download from Zero Paid that have worked well for me so far.  One is Direct Connect, which will probably require to have a share size in the gigabytes.  The other is Gnucleus, which is Gnutella with an actual search engine.  Direct Connect seems a little faster for downloads, but Gnucleus is easier to search and has more stuff available.  Direct Connect is a lot of movies and software, while Gnucleus is more like Morpheus.  Check 'em out.

[Guest hardyz1]

I'm a WinMX man myself.

[Guest TUS_02]

I second Direct Connect.  Since my school has shut down the use of Morpheus, Kaazaaaa, WinMX, etc... DC is pretty much the only thing we can use to share files... even thought it's only over LAN... but something is better then nothing.

[Guest areacode212]

Yeah, I used WinMX a lot, but I liked Morpheus b/c it seemed to have the greatest number of users (which means, the more likely it is you are to find what you're looking for). I think I downloaded Direct Connect, but never installed it. Let me see if I can find it..

[Guest The Electrifyer]

I downloaded the new Morpheus too and I think it sucks. I like how there no limit to the search results, but you can't specialize anything anymore, so it doesn't tell you how long a movie or song is. I also don't like how there is no more "Theatre" option and the downloading is so much slower too. I'm now using Kazaa most of the time, cuz I feel it is better, but every once and a while, it tells me Kazaa has made an error and must shut down, why is that??

[Guest areacode212]

Here are a couple of articles about the Morpheus change:

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-849867.html?...et&tag=lthd

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-846944.html

 

The new Morpheus is driving me insane. I'm going to grab Kazaa right now.

[Guest admin]

thats just stupid, they maybe a good program Bad, kazaza is still good right? i haven't used it in ages.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

I could never find out where to get the new Morpheus.  I always got some error when I tried to download it.  Can someone give a direct link?

[Guest admin]

http://download.cnet.com/downloa....e%2Eexe

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Yeah, I've been having trouble w/ Morpheus as of late myself. Damnit, why does it have to be so hard to steal -- err, share -- music?

[Guest Scotsman]

Direct Connect is awesome.  I use it all the time.  Fantastic program.  So much variety to the stuff available.

[Guest starvenger]

I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by the "Gnu" version of Morpheus.  It's incredibly frustrating compared to the Kazaa-based version.  I guess I'll have to get Kazaa (didn't make sense before seeing as they shared with Morpheus as well) and see if Gnu-Morpheus gets better.