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Please download and test a snapshot of the current development version. The next version 0.5 is expected to be completed soon - check back at this site for updates or join the announcements list to be notified when it is ready.
Freenet works best when you have a direct internet connection, ie. when you are not behind a NAT or a Firewall. If you are, please read this.
Freenet requires that Java is installed on your computer. While we are working to ensure that Freenet can work with free JVMs such as Kaffe, currently we suggest that users download Sun's 1.4 JVM from here for reliability, speed, and stability reasons.
Download the automatic installer and run it. It will download the needed files and establish the required settings for you.
Download the latest Linux snapshot from here, it will be in the form freenet-YYYYMMDD.tgz where YYYYMMDD is the date the snapshot was created. Uncompress the snapshot as follows:
> tar xfz freenet-YYYYMMDD.tgz
This will create a directory called "freenet-YYYYMMDD", change into this directory, and follow the instructions in the file "README".
Download the latest Unix snapshot from here, it will be in the form freenet-YYYYMMDD.tgz where YYYYMMDD is the date the snapshot was created. If you're using Internet Explorer, or most other web browsers, Stuffit Exander will be launched immediately, and will uncompress to the Desktop folder (unless you've set it to download somewhere else). Open a terminal (under Applications:Utilities:Terminal) and type:
cd Desktop/freenet-YYYYMMDD
Hit return, and then type:
./start-freenet.sh
And Hit return again. This will begin the configuation process. For most questions you can just hit return, but make sure when it asks what your IP is that it's correct. If you have any questions, please contact Tom Longson at tlongson@socal.rr.com.
You can get the current Freenet source from CVS. Instructions on how to retrieve the source code can be found on a separate page.
Sign up for the Support mailing list here and send an email asking for help to support@freenetproject.org. Remember that by contacting us, not only do you help yourself, but you can also help us to make Freenet better and more user friendly.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
If you have an Internet Relay Chat client (we suggest XChat which is available for Windows and Linux), you can often find some helpful Freenet developers on the #freenet channel on irc.openprojects.net, or if you are using a browser which supports IRC URLs, click here.
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