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Before you download the Software
which allows you to connect to the Furthur Network, please realize
you are downloading beta software.
Beta software is...
software
that is still in the development stage.
This means simply that the volunteer programmers and developers
are still working/coding on it and you may experience problems
in how the software/network works, and it may crash your computer.
We, of course, hope not. The upside is: you will
be rewarded
with lots of great free legal live music. All we ask is for your
patience, support and assistance throughout the beta testing process
by letting the development crew know of any "bugs" you
encounter by submitting
a bug report and/or if you have any requested features you'd
like to see implemented, please post
them at the forums. Your many suggestions, questions, bug
reports and complaints have driven and will continue to drive
our development efforts.
Thanks.
Version Notes: Major issues addressed since version 1.7.4:
- Added an installation wizard to help first time users
- Added font and color selection and other enhancements to chat, and fixed
several display bugs
- Fixed several bugs that prevented filesets from completing/sharing when the
user upgrades to JRE 1.5
- Changed the way that Furthur reports band-name only search results -- it
will now report all active shares that match the search, even if the user
hosting the files has no open slots (i.e., the download will not start
immediately)
- Improved the connection/disconnection code so that users won't appear as
"ghosts," or be added incorrectly to the "peak uploaders" column as often
- Fixed a bug that prevented Furthur from automatically reconnecting to the
network if the user's Internet connection went dead
- Revamped the help dialogs and error messages, added tooltips, and generally
make the user interface more helpful
- Re-arranged the preferences panel and added code to automatically find flac
and metaflac, or to prompt the user to download the flac binaries, and added
a check to prevent selecting FlacFrontend by mistake
- Added column headings and other labels for using the client's features
- Fixed the installer for Solaris users
- Moved OS X menus to the client instead of on the system menu bar due to
bugs with Apple's JRE that will hopefully be corrected by the next release
Remember: To Use FLAC, you must install the FLAC programs
-- flac.exe and metaflac.exe. You can get them by installing
FlacFrontend (Windows), MacFlac (OS X), or from
the source.
Please be sure to read the Full 1.7.5
Release_Notes.txt file before running the new release for
the first time, as it covers important details regarding any changes
outlined above.
If you're upgrading from a version older than 1.7.2,
please refer to the release
notes for version 1.7.2 since there were very important changes
implemented that you will need to know about.
| Shutdown
Furthur before you install the upgrade! |
The following FurthurNet downloads are
hosted on our Sourceforge Project Page.
Please Note:
You must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your computer for Furthur to work. Apple provides
one for Mac users, or you can download the latest version of the JRE for
Windows, Linux Solaris, etc., here. Furthur may still work with
Java 1.3.1 but many features will be disabled and this is not supported any more. Furthur really requires
at least Java 1.4.1 and may require 1.4.2 in future releases, so it's best that you upgrade now.
JRE v. 1.5, also called 5.0 (currently, Windows / Linux only) will break Furthur v.1.7.4, so be sure to upgrade to
v.1.7.5 if you have JRE v. 1.5. At this time, we recommend that you do upgrade to the latest JRE for your platform.
- Furthur 1.7.5Beta
(32-bit Windows .exe): Download
Now
- Furthur 1.7.5Beta .dmg
(Mac OS X Disk Image): Download
Now (Safari recommended, or read this)
- Furthur 1.7.5Beta .tar
(Linux & Unix tarball, not MAC OS X)
Download Now
Other Music Software Tools we suggest are available on the
Furthur Network here
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