Author: ian Date: 2006-05-22 20:32:18 +0000 (Mon, 22 May 2006) New Revision: 8832
Added: trunk/website/pages/download-old.php Removed: trunk/website/pages/download.php Log: Time to advise use of 0.7 by default since 0.5 is effectively unsupported Copied: trunk/website/pages/download-old.php (from rev 8831, trunk/website/pages/download.php) Deleted: trunk/website/pages/download.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/download.php 2006-05-22 14:01:20 UTC (rev 8831) +++ trunk/website/pages/download.php 2006-05-22 20:32:18 UTC (rev 8832) @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -<body><h2>Download Freenet</h2> - -<small><p>If you are feeling especially adventurous, you can help us test the -<a href="/index.php?page=download-new">Freenet 0.7 alpha</a> (note that this is quite -small and has little content at present).</p></small> - -<h3>Important note for first time users</h3> - -When you first start Freenet your node will know very little about the -network, meaning that it could take <b>several minutes or longer</b> to -retrieve a web page. Please be patient since Freenet will learn how to -find information more effectively over time and its speed will gradually -improve with use. -<p> - -<i>If you have a firewall or a NAT box click <a -href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=faq#firewall";><b>here</b></a> -for some info.</i> - -<BR> <BR> -<h3>Windows</h3>- Download and run -<big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-java-webinstall.exe";>freenet-java-webinstall.exe</a></big> which includes Java <B>or</B> -<br>- If you already have Java 5 update 4 or greater (<B>strongly</B> recommended for security, although v1.4.1 or greater works) -<big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-webinstall.exe";>freenet-webinstall.exe</a></big><br> -<br>It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, double-click on the small blue rabbit icon in your system-tray. -<br>(Freenet contains <u><b>NO spyware or adware</b></u> , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review) -<BR> <BR> -Freenet works best with <b>Windows 2000, XP Professional or NT. -</b>Windows ME, 98 and 95 work less well. -<!-- 2000 and Millenium Edition are different; all 2k's work good. Millenium is also a bit borked. The borked one is XP Home--> - -<BR> <BR> -<h3>Unix/Linux</h3> -You need to have a recent Java Runtime Environment. We have experienced -best results with Sun's Java Runtime Environment -which can be obtained from <a href="http://www.java.com/";>http://www.java.com/</a>. -<BR>Java version 1.4.1 and later will work. However, be aware that there are applet security vulnerabilities in all versions prior to -Java 5 update 4. Generally, we recommend using at least Java 1.4.2. - -<P>Currently Freenet does not run on Kaffe or GCJ, due to bugs in Classpath. This is being worked on.</P> -Once Java is installed, download -<a -href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-stable-latest.tgz";>freenet-stable-latest.tgz</a>. -Get started by typing: -<pre> -$ tar xzf freenet-stable-latest.tgz -$ cd freenet -$ sh start-freenet.sh -</pre> - -After you start Freenet wait a few seconds for it to start-up (on a slow -computer, you may need to wait about 30 seconds), and visit -http://127.0.0.1:8888/ in your web browser to access Freenet's user -interface. - - -<BR> <BR> -<h3>Hardware requirements</h3> -<b>Minimum:</b> 400MHz Pentium 2, with at least 192MB of RAM.<br> -<b>Recommended:</b> 1GHz or more processor with 256MB <!-- decreasing agaisnt my will :(-->RAM or -more (especially if using Windows XP). - - -<BR> <BR> -<h3>Upgrading</h3> -After installing Freenet, Windows users can upgrade to the latest daily Freenet -"snapshot" release by clicking on "Update Snapshot" in the Freenet section of their -Start menu. -<p> -Linux users may similarily upgrade by running the update.sh shell script in the -freenet/ directory. -<p> -To see the latest changes of the builds in the stable branch, you can go to the -<b><a -href="http://www.freenetproject.org/index.php?page=whatsnew";>Changelog</b></a>. - - -<BR> <BR> -<h3>Source Code</h3> -You can obtain the latest source code from SVN from <a href="https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/branches/legacy/stable/";>https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/branches/legacy/stable/</a>, or you can download a daily snapshot:<ul> -<li><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-stable-latest.src.tbz";>Stable</a> - -current stable branch source code</li> -<li><a -href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-unstable-latest.src.tbz";>Unstable</a> -- current unstable branch source code</li> -<li><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-contrib-latest.src.tar.bz2";>Contrib</a> - separate module needed to compile freenet-ext.jar; unpack this and one of the above in a common parent directory, and then run "ant distclean dist" to build everything.</li> -</ul><BR> -<!--end of empty space--></body>
