Thanks to the Linux community for reporting the problem with FrostWire crashing on startup if you have Java 1.6.0.

You can download any of these installers and the problem will be solved.

frostwire-4.13.1.5-1.i586.deb (Ubuntu/Debian)
frostwire-4.13.1.5-1.noarch.rpm (RedHat)
frostwire-4.13.1.5-1.noarch.tar.gz (TGZ)

For those who want to know the details, it was an incompatibility issue between JDIC (SystemTray) and Java 1.6.0 which now brings its own Desktop Integration components. For now we’ve turned off the Icon Tray on Linux, until jdic updates, or we can find a better work around.

If you’re really curious and want to see a little bit of java, check this revision and this one.

Hello friends,

Here’s a list of changes for version 4.13.1.5:

– Filter Options dialogs are back. Allows to configure how the Junk Filter and Keyword Filter should behave, as well as the list of blocked hosts.
– Misc. wording changes.
– Misc. tweaking on chat settings.
– Removed update notification mechanism from LimeWire, will start implementing our own soon.

let’s just say for now, we’ve been contacted by one of the Ubuntu developers because of our .deb package, the ubuntu developer said:

“I would like to sponsor it for ubuntu/universe if you are interessted 🙂 “

That’s pretty awesome right?

We want to say the Linux userbase shall never be taken as an unimportant minority on this project.

Special Thanks to the Ubuntu Developers and the Ubuntu User Community for using FrostWire.

Ubuntu Users can also chat with the FrostWire Chat Community
For now you can interact with the FrostWire chat community by connecting to our irc servers at chat.peercommons.net:6667 with your favorite irc client (while we figure out the bug with awt on linux)

We’ve decided to place donation pages upon random download requests, this because ever since 4.13.1 was launched, it has been a great success and the bandwidth/server costs associated are starting to reach costs that are out of our league when it comes to personal donations by members of the FrostWire team.

If you don’t want to donate, click again on the link of your desired installer until you get a direct download.

Linux installers are exempt of the donation page, however if you’d like to collaborate with money you can do so at http://www.frostwire.com/donate, if you want to collaborate with servers and bandwidth please contact us.

Finally the windows installer is ready, we’ll be testing and fixing any problems you might come across during the day, once the installer has been stabilized we’ll update the official home page for everyone to download.

We remind you that this FrostWire version supports Torrent Downloads, and features Chat Community.

DOWNLOAD WINDOWS INSTALLER!

Please give us your feedback here on the blog.

We remind you that FrostWire is absolutely FREE, if you pay for it you’ve been the victim of a scam.

As promised, here’s the pre-beta installer for Mac.

DOWNLOAD MAC INSTALLER HERE

Windows users, just hold on a little more, we’re still fixing a few details, and soon we’ll have a final release on the 3 platforms.

Mac Users, let’s hope you can give us some feedback.

Remember to go to Preferences -> Chat and change your Chat nick name.

Yes, it’s finally ready for Linux users. Windows and Mac Users, installers are coming out pretty soon.

In the meantime, we want Ubuntu users to take it for a spin and give us some feedback, you can leave your comments here on the blog or on the forums

Using bittorrent has never been easier in Linux, you can just drag the torrent files to the FrostWire window, or you can open directly an URL.

Download frostwire-4.13.1.deb here
(The .deb has been Updated like 4 times today, make sure your .deb file can produce this MD5 hash)

How to Install FrostWire 4.13.1 in Ubuntu or Debian based distro
You must have super user privileges, and the Sun’s JRE.
(See HOWTO install the JRE after this)

Then just do this with the .deb file you just downloaded:

sudo dpkg -i frostwire-4.13.1.i586.deb

That’s it. (Yes, this will work with AMD too, it was packaged on an AMD64!)

Now look for FrostWire on your Internet Menu, or Fire it up from a Console or from Alt+F2 by typing frostwire

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How to install Java with apt-get

NOTE: If you don’t have Sun’s JRE, FrostWire won’t work.

Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list has the multiverse enabled:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse

Then do:

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre

Enjoy, and send your comments to this thread on the forum.

DIGG US!

By Luis Ramirez, Caracas, Venezuela
www.elblogo.com
Submitted on Nov. 8th 2006, 4:30pm

What do you think?

I think we might have a winner already.

Or something along the lines of a real Frozen Wire?

I was thinking about making a 2D logo, with an Electric Post and Frozen Wires…

Can anyone suggest something, we’d like to hear the community’s ideas.