Installing and running Freenet 0.7

Getting started with Freenet

• First Timers Handbook - A practical guide to dealing with Friends and Strangers when setting up your node.

• Prerequisites - You need Java installed to run Freenet
• Installing Freenet 0.7 on
  • Windows
  • Windows98
  • Mac OS X / Basic No-Frills, No-Extras Installation for UNIX
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Linux with the GNU Interpreter for Java (gij) (a Free version of Java)
• Connecting to other Freenet users
• Allowing other computers on your LAN to connect to your Freenet server
• Configuring your firewall and router to work with Freenet

Using Freenet

• FProxy - viewing Freenet pages through a standard web browser.
• How to make an 'add this page to my bookmarks' link on your freesite
• Howto insert NearlyInstantMessages into your webpages
• The different types of links in Freenet 0.7:
  • CHK - for single files that aren't going to change.
  • SSK - for sites with several files that may change over time.
  • USK - for linking to the latest edition of an SSK site.
  • KSK - for simpler human-understandable links, with some drawbacks.