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eXeem Lite Public Beta Released

Posted by timothy on from the one-down-manship dept.

TheKarateMaster writes "Just days after the release of eXeem Open Beta comes eXeem lite 0.19 Public Beta. Much like with KaZaA, the official version of eXeem comes chock full of spy/adware -- specifically, cydoor. eXeem lite is spyware free and free of bloat -- and free. Version .20, which should fix a few minor bugs, is expected 'in next coming days.' (read: soon)"

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  1. Good News! by codesurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the FAQ There are currently no versions of eXeem(TM) for Linux or Mac. No way to install spyware on my Linux box? Awwww, what a shame!

  2. New name for Exeem Lite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    eXLax - Exeem without the crap.

  3. Re:Is this true? by Silvrmane · · Score: 2, Funny

    True. Congratulations, you've just installed Cydoor. Lets hope you didn't opt for the Explorer toolbar option as well...

    --
    planet texture maps and more
  4. Re:Good news for the computer savvy by batemanm · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...has anyone tried this on WINE?

    It was terrible. I saw two of them and they were both out of focus, then I was physically sick and in the morning I had a terrible headache. :-)

  5. Pft by DOS-5 · · Score: 1, Funny
    I have a few problems with this. First, they could have put both versions of the software on ONE web site. I also like how the fact that the light version's web site mentions that it doesn't contain spyware but for the non-lite version, this fact is hidden somewhere in their FAQ. Not only that but the version that DOES have the spyware has a very flashy site, but I guess I can't complain about minimalism. Just seems like they're trying to trick people into downloading the spyware loaded version.

    Another thing, I can't seem to tell what the differences between the two versions are aside from the fact that one has spyware and the other doesn't.

  6. Re:Azureus Plugin for Exeem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    500 MB Ram, eh? So you've found the ever elusive 244MB Ram stick?

  7. Re:Good news for the computer savvy by TheoMurpse · · Score: 2, Funny

    We need an emulator called WEED Emulates Executable Directions so we can call Jon Stewart in every time a new Windows program comes out -- "but have you run this software...on WEED?"

  8. Re:Good news for the computer savvy by gid13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ironically, I'm reading this from my ISP tech support job, and you'd be stunned how bad the calls get. And probably how far we go to fix them sometimes.

    I'd say about 0.1% of calls, if that, could show any hint of being our problem. People don't just call us about the net being slow, they ask us about MSN, printers, screen resolutions, everything. I think my favourite calls have been as follows:

    1. "Close that window, please" "How do I do that?" "Just click the X at the top right corner" "What is an X?"

    2. "Is the text highlighted blue?" "Yes" "Okay, press backspace" "I don't see backspace"... "Okay, press delete" "Okay, it says 'you can delete all offline content'..." "No no, don't CLICK 'delete files', press the delete key on the keyboard" "What's a keyboard?"... Insert about 5 mins of me unsuccessfully trying to explain what a keyboard is.

    3. "What is a modem?" "Well, it's basically a phone for your computer; it lets your computer talk to our computer through the phone lines" "What's a phone?" "Uh, the thing you're talking to me on"

    Sorry, just needed to vent.