Author: toad Date: 2007-04-10 16:31:25 +0000 (Tue, 10 Apr 2007) New Revision: 12561
Modified: trunk/website/pages/download.php Log: Stop the <br>/<p> abuse! Modified: trunk/website/pages/download.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/download.php 2007-04-09 15:07:06 UTC (rev 12560) +++ trunk/website/pages/download.php 2007-04-10 16:31:25 UTC (rev 12561) @@ -1,35 +1,32 @@ <h2>Download Freenet 0.7</h2> <h3>Important note for first time users</h3> -Freenet 0.7 is different to most other P2P networks in that, to protect +<p>Freenet 0.7 is different to most other P2P networks in that, to protect your security, you only connect directly to other people you trust, but -through them you gain access to the entire Freenet network. -<p> +through them you gain access to the entire Freenet network. </p> -When you first start Freenet 0.7 your node will not know any other nodes +<p>When you first start Freenet 0.7 your node will not know any other nodes on the network, you need to connect to other nodes - at least three. Ideally you should find people you trust that are already part of the Freenet 0.7 network and connect to them, but if that isn't possible in the early stages of the Freenet 0.7 network you can try connecting to the irc server <big>irc.freenode.net</big> and join the channel -<big>#freenet-refs</big>, to see if anyone will connect to you. +<big>#freenet-refs</big>, to see if anyone will connect to you.</p> <p> <i>If you have a firewall or a NAT box click <a href="/faq.html#firewall"><b>here</b></a> -for some info.</i> <BR> <BR> +for some info.</i> <BR> </p> <h3>Windows</h3> -- Download and run <big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet-win32.exe";>freenet webinstall</a></big><br> -<br> -It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, your default browser will automatically open up to Freenet's web-based user interface. <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 Professional, XP Professional or NT. </b> Windows 95, 98 and 2000 Millennium Edition don't work as well; in particular, the installer won't run on those operating systems.<br> -If the installer doesn't work (something seriously wrong) then please <a href="https://bugs.freenetproject.org";>let us know</a>, install Java, and try the Linux instructions below. +<p>- Download and run <big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet-win32.exe";>freenet webinstall</a></big></p> +<p> It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, your default browser will automatically open up to Freenet's web-based user interface. </p> +<p>(Freenet contains <u><b>NO spyware or adware</b></u> , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review) </p> +<p>Freenet works best with <b>Windows 2000 Professional, XP Professional or NT. </b> Windows 95, 98 and 2000 Millennium Edition don't work as well; in particular, the installer won't run on those operating systems.</p> +<p>If the installer doesn't work (something seriously wrong) then please <a href="https://bugs.freenetproject.org";>let us know</a>, install Java, and try the Linux instructions below.</p> <h3>Mac OSX, Unix, and 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. Generally, we recommend using latest available version. +<p>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>. </p>> +<p>Java version 1.4.1 and later will work. Generally, we recommend using latest available version.</p> <p>Type on a command line : <pre> @@ -55,40 +52,38 @@ interface.</p> <h3>So it's running, what do I do?</h3> -You need to get connected. If you know anyone running Freenet, ask them +<p>You need to get connected. If you know anyone running Freenet, ask them for their reference, and give them yours. If you visit <i>http://127.0.0.1:8888/darknet/</i> in your browser, you can see your reference at the bottom and you can add other people's references, either by cutting and pasting the reference itself, or by pointing Freenet to a URL or a file containing their -reference. -<p> -If you don't know anyone running Freenet, visit #freenet-refs on +reference.</p> +<p>If you don't know anyone running Freenet, visit #freenet-refs on irc.freenode.net and ask nicely to exchange references with someone. You will find a tool like <a href="http://dark-code.bulix.org/";>http://dark-code.bulix.org</a> useful (please don't -paste references into the #freenet-refs IRC channel). -<p> -</B>Note: You need to add their reference and they need to add -yours before your nodes can communicate.</b> +paste references into the #freenet-refs IRC channel).</p> +<p></B>Note: You need to add their reference and they need to add +yours before your nodes can communicate.</b></p> <h3>So I'm connected, what do I do?</h3> -You can find links to some pages in the index on the FProxy homepage at +<p>You can find links to some pages in the index on the FProxy homepage at <i>http://127.0.0.1:8888/</i>. You can find links to some <a href="http://wiki.freenetproject.org/FreenetZeroPointSevenApps";>third party -applications for freenet</a>. +applications for freenet</a>.</p> <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 +<p><b>Minimum:</b> 400MHz Pentium 2, with at least 192MB of RAM.</p> +<p><b>Recommended:</b> 1GHz or more processor with 256MB <!-- decreasing agaisnt my will :(--> -RAM or more (especially if using Windows XP). <BR> - <BR> +RAM or more (realistically 512MB if using Windows XP, 1GB if using Vista). </p> + <h3>Upgrading</h3> -Freenet provides now an update-over-freenet mechanism ; We recommend people to use it in favour of the updating scripts. +<p>Freenet provides now an update-over-freenet mechanism ; We recommend people to use it in favour of the updating scripts.</p> -After installing Freenet, Windows users can upgrade to the latest-stable Freenet release by clicking on "update.cmd" in the Freenet directory. -<p> Linux users may similarly upgrade by running the update.sh shell script in the <i>freenet/</i> directory. +<p>After installing Freenet, Windows users can upgrade to the latest-stable Freenet release by clicking on "update.cmd" in the Freenet directory.</p> +<p>Linux users may similarly upgrade by running the update.sh shell script in the <i>freenet/</i> directory. </p> <h3>Source Code</h3> <p>You can obtain the latest source code from SVN from <a href="https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/trunk/freenet/";>https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/trunk/freenet/</a> or pick up a tarball <a href="http://emu.freenetproject.org/sources/";>http://emu.freenetproject.org/sources/</a>.</p>
