I wanna get some tunes of this box. I used to use Shareaza. I had Limewire on my mom's (joke please!) computer and hated it. I can't figure out torrents. any suggestions would be helpful.

Figure out torrents. Seriously.

Pm Fatman for a comprehensive guide regarding dl'ing and storage.

What he said.

Fuck torrents, you leave yourself open to lawsuits.

Use usenet newsgroups if you can afford to spend some dough

and checkout Tagoo (it's free)

http://tagoo.ru/

I'm a big fan of Usenet but it has a small learning curve as well as monthly subscription fee - it's probably still the biggest grey area/best kept non-secret secret on the net. Viva la Newsleecher.

Not to totally geek this thread out but I have a buddy that works in a NOC at a cable ISP and the job of weeding out torrent kiddies and other 'undesirables' just got a whole lot easier after they got the system in this demo - check it out in case you want to see what ISP's are using to watch your ass:

http://www.proceranetworks.com/procera_demo_video.html

I use torrents and am very satisfied with it. The so-called 'risks' are minimal in my opinion.

I won't pay for Usenet, never.

Soul Seek
www.slsknet.org

DO NOT go to "soulseek.org" -- site seems fishy.

You can access Usenet for free by using softwar called GrabIt. It is free and therefore has some limitations, but can't be beat if you insist on free Usenet access.