Revision [3325]

Last edited on 2009-09-04 18:53:51 by EvanD [rvv]
Deletions:
~- [[http://www.besttermpaper.com/ Term paper]]

Revision [3233]

Edited on 2009-06-23 06:27:05 by StrikeRod [thaw description]
Additions:
~- [[http://www.besttermpaper.com/ Term paper]]

Revision [2841]

Edited on 2008-11-05 22:42:52 by JeromeFlesch [Add missing point in "java -jar Thaw.jar"]
Additions:
java -jar Thaw.jar
Deletions:
java -jar Thaw jar

Revision [2816]

Edited on 2008-10-01 01:10:45 by Luke771 [sorry, I committed the wrong stuff, reverting to previous...]
Additions:
===== Thaw =====
==== What is Thaw? ====
Thaw is a filesharing utility and upload/download manager. Thaw's goals were firstly to provide a user-friendly, cross platform interface to the built-in Freenet download manager engine (replacing an older Windows-only tool called FUQID), and secondly to evolve into a complete file sharing application via sharing file indexes. The first goal has been 100% fulfilled and Thaw is now the preferred tool. The second goal has been partially achieved; Thaw has already working functionality for searching file indexes, but not all the wanted functionalities are implemented yet. (thanks sanity for this great description :)
In more simple words, Thaw is basically a Freenet upload/download manager.
Thanks to a series of plugins, it can be used to interact with other Freenet applications to provide node monitoring, Frost messaging, and other interesting features.
Thaw is Written in java, it runs wherever Java runs, that means almost any version of all the most popular Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX.
It is being developed by [[http://jflesch.kwain.net/node/497 Jflesch (Jerome Flesch)]]. This project was initially started as a [[http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code]] project. For more information, please see the Google entry found here: [[http://code.google.com/soc/2006/freenet/appinfo.html?csaid=D167339D2B02BA18]]
====Getting Thaw====
Thaw isn't bundled with Freenet any more.
You can get the software at the official Freenet website
[[http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/Thaw/Thaw.jar]]
====Setting up Thaw====
- Download Thaw.jar (see 'Getting Thaw' section)
- Create Thaw folder inside Freenet folder (or elsewhere if you so wish)
- Copy Thaw.jar into the Thaw folder
====Running Thaw====
Windows Users: double-click on Thaw.jar
Alternatively, open a cmd shell (aka the 'DOS prompt'), browse to the Thaw folder with the command 'cd' (change directory) and run Thaw using the command line java -jar Thaw.jar
Unix-based OS users: (including MacOSX, Ubuntu, and any Linux distributions)
open a terminal and cd to your Thaw folder, then run
java -jar Thaw jar
NOTE: Unix-based systems users (includes Mac, Ubuntu, Linux): as your OS is case-sensitive, you may want to rename Thaw.jar to thaw.jar or you will get a 'no such file or directory' error each time you forget that Thaw is spelled with a capital T (happened to me a lot, I eventually renamed it)
NOTE: Mac users: The command-line terminal is found in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. You can use drag-and-drop to create a shortcut.
====Downloading files with Thaw====
- Click the 'Downloads' button on the main interface.
A new window will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_d5798b13be.jpg"}}
Thaw's Transfers interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_f1e440ea04_o.png View full-size image]]
- Paste freenet keys like the three in the picture below, one key per line.
- Click the 'Choose Destination' button to select a folder where to download your files
- Click the Fetch-button and wait for the files to download.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_a5a001b680.jpg"}}
Paste one key per line, then hit Fetch - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_d148896beb_o.png View full-size image]]
==== Uploading files with Thaw====
- In the main interface window, click the 'Insertions' button
A smaller window with two buttons will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_567c436db8.jpg"}}
Thaw's upload interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_75835b98c5_o.png View full-size image]]
- Click the 'Select Files' button and browse to the file(s) you want to upload
- Click the 'Insert' button.
The files that you download and upload with Thaw will be added to your Global Queue, visible in FProxy's Queue page.
===More Thaw Info==
Thaw can do many cool things besides uploading and downloading files from Freenet. One very interesting feature is the ability to group files by affinity using indexes.
read about [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]
=== Screenshots ===
[[http://jflesch.kwain.net/~jflesch/thaw/ Because images say often more than words]]
=== Current version ===
[[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL v3 or later]]
=== Links ===
~- [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]
Deletions:
=====Thaw Indexes=====
The backbone of this text was generated with [[http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en Google Automatic Translation]] from the French Thaw Indexes page from the Freenet wiki,
available at [[http://doc-fr.freenetproject.org/Les_Indexes_Thaw]].
The raw output from Google translate had to be manually edited to turn it into something comprehensible. Some paragraphs have been modified to make them even easier to understand, and some more screenshots have been added.
===Thaw Basics ===
Basic Thaw information including downloads, licensing, author, a basic howto etc, is available at [[Thaw the Thaw page]]
====Thaw Indexes====
===Principle===
Thaw indexes are designed to provide a better way of referencing and thus find files within Freenet. Each index is linked to other indexes, creating a network where similar files tend to be grouped.
===What is an index? ===
Thaw indexes include two parts: an indexes list and a files list.
The indexes list may be empty, and so can the files list. However, an index where both lists are empty at the same time would be kind of pointless.
In the indexes list, as the name suggests, you can save, well, indexes (unbelievable!)
It gets better: in the files list, you can save ... files! (yes, it's that well-designed).
The indexes list is used to refer to indexes that you like and that are most likely to be interesting for those who consult your index.
The files list is used to reference files that you like, and therefore are likely to be interesting for those who consult your index.
===Meta-indexes===
You have probably met the term meta-index (well, you just did ).
That is simply an index of indexes, i.e. an index containing a list of non-empty indexes
===Public Indexes===
An index is called 'public' if both its private and public keys of an index are known.
Anyone can edit public indexes, which are therefore very easy to spam.
The most interest interesting feature of public indexes is that they can easily gather a large number of indexes, usually meta-indexes.
An example of public index is the Publicly Writable Index that comes with Thaw by default and usually serves as a starting point for index referencing.
===Index referencing===
Let's try to explain this with an example: Imagine that I'm a big fan of holiday videos, that's my big passion, and I have inserted lots of them into Freenet.
Now I think that an index could be useful to keep track of all those videos: that would be more durable than simply announcing them on a board, and doesn't rely on some nice anonymous to set up a freesite for referencing my files.
Instead, I create an index, and to it I add the list of holiday videos that I have inserted into the Freenet network.
Yes, but how do people know about my index?
Sure, I can announce it on an FMS or Frost board.
But I can also **add it to a meta-index**.
==Using meta-indexes to announce indexes==
There is is one index specifically designed for that, where everyone can announce their indexes, and that's the **Publicly Writable Index** that comes with Thaw by default.
That's it, my beautiful index is now referenced.
You still feel a bit skeptical about the usefulness of Thaw indexes?
Let's see all the marvelous things that you can do with them.
===Network of indexes===
So, we have seen that the principle is to set up a system where similar files are very close, where "close" means that if I found a file of a certain type or category (e.g. holiday video) it won't be difficult for me to find similar ones.
Let's see how that we can use indexes to do that.
Resuming our example: imagine that someone else who also loves holiday videos, and also has built a Thaw index for his/her holiday videos. He or she will add your index to the indexes list of his/her index, which will somehow connect your index to his. Or hers.
Now, imagine that many people who know how to use indexes publish their own indexes and each of them links to similar indexes, creating a quantity of indexes that are kind of similar to each other but not identical.
As I look for holiday videos (yes, I am really hooked, I can't help it), I'll look in the publicly writable index (or elsewhere in freenet, but let's keep it simple for now) for indexes that refer to holiday videos.
There I'll probably find files, but I'll probably find other indexes too.
And as the person who created this index also likes holiday videos, it is likely that I will find holiday videos, among other things.
Most important, and **here's where things get really interesting**, there's also a good probability that while looking for holiday videos, I will also find other things that I'm interested in and that are somehow related to holidays, to camping, to traveling, etc., like for instance a documentary about how to set up a camping tent in five minutes or less, or a tourist guide to the most beautiful villages in south Périgord ( location in Dordogne, France), both would make me really happy.
In other words, as the person who added the holiday videos to that index has at least one interest in common with me, namely holiday videos, I'll probably find more stuff that I like in his or her index.
Little by little the network of files and indexes becomes organized by affinity and the files of the same types are brought close to each other.
===Creating an index ===
Now that we know what indexes are for and how to use them, let's see how to create our own indexes.
First off, check that indexes are activated in Thaw.
Go to the menu file => options
That will pop up the Configuration interface.
Click on the Plugins tab, the third one from the left
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2903222386_e867d2a72c.jpg"}}
//Click on the plugins tab// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2903222386_3d72745484_o.png View full-size image]])
Make sure that the Index Browser checkbox is checked.
Then click OK to save changes and close the Configuration interface.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2903222388_3ceaf93422.jpg"}}
//Enable Index Browser// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2903222388_8df1bbe8b5_o.png View full-size image]] )
Next, back in the main Thaw interface click on the index tab; its icon looks like a small notebook with a pencil.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2902637217_10df54a885.jpg"}}
//Click on the Index tab// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2902637217_4397d73e1a_o.png View full-size image]] )
Now you can see see a create-new-index icon that looks like a blank sheet with a yellow light in the upper right corner. Click that.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2902385523_70ea90bd90.jpg"}}
//Click on the Create Index icon// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2902385523_62939aef2d_o.png View full-sive image]] )
In the box that pops up when you click the New Index icon, type the name of your index. Let's call that 'Test Index 1'.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2902385527_c5e60b6443.jpg"}}
//Name your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2902385527_4a5146976a_o.png View full-size image]] )
Click OK to confirm. This will close the Index Name window and pop up an Index Settings window.
Here you can choose to include the private key with the index. If you do, your index will be publicly writable (i.e. spammable).
Checking the second checkbox, will allow comments to your index, which means users can add comment to the index and so can spammers.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2902385531_9eb5455e0c.jpg"}}
//Leave unchecked if you want to be the only one to write on your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2902385531_56689b5cdc_o.png View full-size image]] )
By allowing comments, users can comment on the index, but also the spammer (leaving plenty of comments). The choice is yours! You can also specify the category of the index, which is quite useful since it automatically align in the list of indexes of the user during the first repatriation of the index (provided the user that activated t option).
Click OK To save. Now you can start to add files to your index.
To add a link to your index, right click on it, choose links => Add a link.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2902385541_50f6edac04.jpg"}}
//Use this interface to add files to your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2902385541_2e4a3a094a_o.png View full-size image]] )
===Adding files===
Now let's see how to add files to our new index.
We have a number of options:
1 - the file has already been inserted and we don't want to reinsert it
2 - we want to insert a file or the file file has already been inserted and we do want to reinsert it
3 - we know the file's key and we simply want to add it to our index.
Let's see how to do those things
==1 - the file has already been inserted and we DON'T want to reinsert it==
To simply list a file without inserting or reinserting, right-click on the index then go to File => Add file(s).
This will pop up a file browser that you can use to select the file that you want to add to your index (hold down Ctrl for multiple selections)
The file that you choose are not going to be inserted, therefore it it must have been inserted previously (with the same file name).

==2 - we want to insert or reinsert a file==
To list and (re) insert file(s), right click on the index, then File -> Insert and Add File(s).
This will pop up a file browser that you can use to select the file that you want to insert and add to your index (hold down Ctrl for multiple selections).
==3 - adding a known key to an index==
To add a key, right-click on the index, then File-> Add specific keys.
This will pop up a box where you can paste the key(s) that you want to add to your index. One key per line.
In all cases the key and file name are both added to the index.
The first and third methods are similar (both refer to previously inserted files, the difference is that you specify the file name in option -1- and the key in option -3-)
The third method is useful in case you don't have a local copy of the file you want to add to your index. In this case you will need the key to the previously inserted file.

===Inserting your index===
When you're done adding files, you're ready to insert your index and make it available to other Freenet users: This is done by right clicking on your index and choosing index -> [re] insert this index on Freenet.
Well, that's it.
We have seen how to create a new index, and that most of the options are accessed from a right click on the index you created.
===Announcing your index===
Announcing your index on a Frost or FMS board (both have Thaw boards) is generally a good idea. You can also announce it on a meta-index, an index of indexes.
Searching a little bit you will probably find a meta-index that fits your index, otherwise, as a last resort, there's always the publicly writable index, available on Thaw by default, but keep in mind that the publicly writable index is easily spammable, so you don't want to use it as your only announcing channel.
=== Thaw Screenshots ===
[[http://jflesch.kwain.net/~jflesch/thaw/ 12 beutiful French Thaw screenshots 12]] for a total worth of 12,000 words at the current rate of change!
=== Download Thaw ===
Thaw is licensed under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL v3 or later]]
=== Thaw Links ===

Revision [2814]

Edited on 2008-10-01 01:01:49 by Luke771 [yay! Thaw indexes page! (there's only one way to get stuff done for sure...)]
Additions:
=====Thaw Indexes=====
The backbone of this text was generated with [[http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en Google Automatic Translation]] from the French Thaw Indexes page from the Freenet wiki,
available at [[http://doc-fr.freenetproject.org/Les_Indexes_Thaw]].
The raw output from Google translate had to be manually edited to turn it into something comprehensible. Some paragraphs have been modified to make them even easier to understand, and some more screenshots have been added.
===Thaw Basics ===
Basic Thaw information including downloads, licensing, author, a basic howto etc, is available at [[Thaw the Thaw page]]
====Thaw Indexes====
===Principle===
Thaw indexes are designed to provide a better way of referencing and thus find files within Freenet. Each index is linked to other indexes, creating a network where similar files tend to be grouped.
===What is an index? ===
Thaw indexes include two parts: an indexes list and a files list.
The indexes list may be empty, and so can the files list. However, an index where both lists are empty at the same time would be kind of pointless.
In the indexes list, as the name suggests, you can save, well, indexes (unbelievable!)
It gets better: in the files list, you can save ... files! (yes, it's that well-designed).
The indexes list is used to refer to indexes that you like and that are most likely to be interesting for those who consult your index.
The files list is used to reference files that you like, and therefore are likely to be interesting for those who consult your index.
===Meta-indexes===
You have probably met the term meta-index (well, you just did ).
That is simply an index of indexes, i.e. an index containing a list of non-empty indexes
===Public Indexes===
An index is called 'public' if both its private and public keys of an index are known.
Anyone can edit public indexes, which are therefore very easy to spam.
The most interest interesting feature of public indexes is that they can easily gather a large number of indexes, usually meta-indexes.
An example of public index is the Publicly Writable Index that comes with Thaw by default and usually serves as a starting point for index referencing.
===Index referencing===
Let's try to explain this with an example: Imagine that I'm a big fan of holiday videos, that's my big passion, and I have inserted lots of them into Freenet.
Now I think that an index could be useful to keep track of all those videos: that would be more durable than simply announcing them on a board, and doesn't rely on some nice anonymous to set up a freesite for referencing my files.
Instead, I create an index, and to it I add the list of holiday videos that I have inserted into the Freenet network.
Yes, but how do people know about my index?
Sure, I can announce it on an FMS or Frost board.
But I can also **add it to a meta-index**.
==Using meta-indexes to announce indexes==
There is is one index specifically designed for that, where everyone can announce their indexes, and that's the **Publicly Writable Index** that comes with Thaw by default.
That's it, my beautiful index is now referenced.
You still feel a bit skeptical about the usefulness of Thaw indexes?
Let's see all the marvelous things that you can do with them.
===Network of indexes===
So, we have seen that the principle is to set up a system where similar files are very close, where "close" means that if I found a file of a certain type or category (e.g. holiday video) it won't be difficult for me to find similar ones.
Let's see how that we can use indexes to do that.
Resuming our example: imagine that someone else who also loves holiday videos, and also has built a Thaw index for his/her holiday videos. He or she will add your index to the indexes list of his/her index, which will somehow connect your index to his. Or hers.
Now, imagine that many people who know how to use indexes publish their own indexes and each of them links to similar indexes, creating a quantity of indexes that are kind of similar to each other but not identical.
As I look for holiday videos (yes, I am really hooked, I can't help it), I'll look in the publicly writable index (or elsewhere in freenet, but let's keep it simple for now) for indexes that refer to holiday videos.
There I'll probably find files, but I'll probably find other indexes too.
And as the person who created this index also likes holiday videos, it is likely that I will find holiday videos, among other things.
Most important, and **here's where things get really interesting**, there's also a good probability that while looking for holiday videos, I will also find other things that I'm interested in and that are somehow related to holidays, to camping, to traveling, etc., like for instance a documentary about how to set up a camping tent in five minutes or less, or a tourist guide to the most beautiful villages in south Périgord ( location in Dordogne, France), both would make me really happy.
In other words, as the person who added the holiday videos to that index has at least one interest in common with me, namely holiday videos, I'll probably find more stuff that I like in his or her index.
Little by little the network of files and indexes becomes organized by affinity and the files of the same types are brought close to each other.
===Creating an index ===
Now that we know what indexes are for and how to use them, let's see how to create our own indexes.
First off, check that indexes are activated in Thaw.
Go to the menu file => options
That will pop up the Configuration interface.
Click on the Plugins tab, the third one from the left
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2903222386_e867d2a72c.jpg"}}
//Click on the plugins tab// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2903222386_3d72745484_o.png View full-size image]])
Make sure that the Index Browser checkbox is checked.
Then click OK to save changes and close the Configuration interface.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2903222388_3ceaf93422.jpg"}}
//Enable Index Browser// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2903222388_8df1bbe8b5_o.png View full-size image]] )
Next, back in the main Thaw interface click on the index tab; its icon looks like a small notebook with a pencil.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2902637217_10df54a885.jpg"}}
//Click on the Index tab// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2902637217_4397d73e1a_o.png View full-size image]] )
Now you can see see a create-new-index icon that looks like a blank sheet with a yellow light in the upper right corner. Click that.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2902385523_70ea90bd90.jpg"}}
//Click on the Create Index icon// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2902385523_62939aef2d_o.png View full-sive image]] )
In the box that pops up when you click the New Index icon, type the name of your index. Let's call that 'Test Index 1'.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2902385527_c5e60b6443.jpg"}}
//Name your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2902385527_4a5146976a_o.png View full-size image]] )
Click OK to confirm. This will close the Index Name window and pop up an Index Settings window.
Here you can choose to include the private key with the index. If you do, your index will be publicly writable (i.e. spammable).
Checking the second checkbox, will allow comments to your index, which means users can add comment to the index and so can spammers.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2902385531_9eb5455e0c.jpg"}}
//Leave unchecked if you want to be the only one to write on your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2902385531_56689b5cdc_o.png View full-size image]] )
By allowing comments, users can comment on the index, but also the spammer (leaving plenty of comments). The choice is yours! You can also specify the category of the index, which is quite useful since it automatically align in the list of indexes of the user during the first repatriation of the index (provided the user that activated t option).
Click OK To save. Now you can start to add files to your index.
To add a link to your index, right click on it, choose links => Add a link.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2902385541_50f6edac04.jpg"}}
//Use this interface to add files to your index// ( [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2902385541_2e4a3a094a_o.png View full-size image]] )
===Adding files===
Now let's see how to add files to our new index.
We have a number of options:
1 - the file has already been inserted and we don't want to reinsert it
2 - we want to insert a file or the file file has already been inserted and we do want to reinsert it
3 - we know the file's key and we simply want to add it to our index.
Let's see how to do those things
==1 - the file has already been inserted and we DON'T want to reinsert it==
To simply list a file without inserting or reinserting, right-click on the index then go to File => Add file(s).
This will pop up a file browser that you can use to select the file that you want to add to your index (hold down Ctrl for multiple selections)
The file that you choose are not going to be inserted, therefore it it must have been inserted previously (with the same file name).

==2 - we want to insert or reinsert a file==
To list and (re) insert file(s), right click on the index, then File -> Insert and Add File(s).
This will pop up a file browser that you can use to select the file that you want to insert and add to your index (hold down Ctrl for multiple selections).
==3 - adding a known key to an index==
To add a key, right-click on the index, then File-> Add specific keys.
This will pop up a box where you can paste the key(s) that you want to add to your index. One key per line.
In all cases the key and file name are both added to the index.
The first and third methods are similar (both refer to previously inserted files, the difference is that you specify the file name in option -1- and the key in option -3-)
The third method is useful in case you don't have a local copy of the file you want to add to your index. In this case you will need the key to the previously inserted file.

===Inserting your index===
When you're done adding files, you're ready to insert your index and make it available to other Freenet users: This is done by right clicking on your index and choosing index -> [re] insert this index on Freenet.
Well, that's it.
We have seen how to create a new index, and that most of the options are accessed from a right click on the index you created.
===Announcing your index===
Announcing your index on a Frost or FMS board (both have Thaw boards) is generally a good idea. You can also announce it on a meta-index, an index of indexes.
Searching a little bit you will probably find a meta-index that fits your index, otherwise, as a last resort, there's always the publicly writable index, available on Thaw by default, but keep in mind that the publicly writable index is easily spammable, so you don't want to use it as your only announcing channel.
=== Thaw Screenshots ===
[[http://jflesch.kwain.net/~jflesch/thaw/ 12 beutiful French Thaw screenshots 12]] for a total worth of 12,000 words at the current rate of change!
=== Download Thaw ===
Thaw is licensed under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL v3 or later]]
=== Thaw Links ===
Deletions:
===== Thaw =====
==== What is Thaw? ====
Thaw is a filesharing utility and upload/download manager. Thaw's goals were firstly to provide a user-friendly, cross platform interface to the built-in Freenet download manager engine (replacing an older Windows-only tool called FUQID), and secondly to evolve into a complete file sharing application via sharing file indexes. The first goal has been 100% fulfilled and Thaw is now the preferred tool. The second goal has been partially achieved; Thaw has already working functionality for searching file indexes, but not all the wanted functionalities are implemented yet. (thanks sanity for this great description :)
In more simple words, Thaw is basically a Freenet upload/download manager.
Thanks to a series of plugins, it can be used to interact with other Freenet applications to provide node monitoring, Frost messaging, and other interesting features.
Thaw is Written in java, it runs wherever Java runs, that means almost any version of all the most popular Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX.
It is being developed by [[http://jflesch.kwain.net/node/497 Jflesch (Jerome Flesch)]]. This project was initially started as a [[http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code]] project. For more information, please see the Google entry found here: [[http://code.google.com/soc/2006/freenet/appinfo.html?csaid=D167339D2B02BA18]]
====Getting Thaw====
Thaw isn't bundled with Freenet any more.
You can get the software at the official Freenet website
[[http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/Thaw/Thaw.jar]]
====Setting up Thaw====
- Download Thaw.jar (see 'Getting Thaw' section)
- Create Thaw folder inside Freenet folder (or elsewhere if you so wish)
- Copy Thaw.jar into the Thaw folder
====Running Thaw====
Windows Users: double-click on Thaw.jar
Alternatively, open a cmd shell (aka the 'DOS prompt'), browse to the Thaw folder with the command 'cd' (change directory) and run Thaw using the command line java -jar Thaw.jar
Unix-based OS users: (including MacOSX, Ubuntu, and any Linux distributions)
open a terminal and cd to your Thaw folder, then run
java -jar Thaw jar
NOTE: Unix-based systems users (includes Mac, Ubuntu, Linux): as your OS is case-sensitive, you may want to rename Thaw.jar to thaw.jar or you will get a 'no such file or directory' error each time you forget that Thaw is spelled with a capital T (happened to me a lot, I eventually renamed it)
NOTE: Mac users: The command-line terminal is found in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. You can use drag-and-drop to create a shortcut.
====Downloading files with Thaw====
- Click the 'Downloads' button on the main interface.
A new window will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_d5798b13be.jpg"}}
Thaw's Transfers interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_f1e440ea04_o.png View full-size image]]
- Paste freenet keys like the three in the picture below, one key per line.
- Click the 'Choose Destination' button to select a folder where to download your files
- Click the Fetch-button and wait for the files to download.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_a5a001b680.jpg"}}
Paste one key per line, then hit Fetch - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_d148896beb_o.png View full-size image]]
==== Uploading files with Thaw====
- In the main interface window, click the 'Insertions' button
A smaller window with two buttons will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_567c436db8.jpg"}}
Thaw's upload interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_75835b98c5_o.png View full-size image]]
- Click the 'Select Files' button and browse to the file(s) you want to upload
- Click the 'Insert' button.
The files that you download and upload with Thaw will be added to your Global Queue, visible in FProxy's Queue page.
===More Thaw Info==
Thaw can do many cool things besides uploading and downloading files from Freenet. One very interesting feature is the ability to group files by affinity using indexes.
read about [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]
=== Screenshots ===
[[http://jflesch.kwain.net/~jflesch/thaw/ Because images say often more than words]]
=== Current version ===
[[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL v3 or later]]
=== Links ===
~- [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]

Revision [2813]

Edited on 2008-09-30 23:47:59 by Luke771 [updated using text I wrote for my freesite (FAFS)]
Additions:
Thaw is a filesharing utility and upload/download manager. Thaw's goals were firstly to provide a user-friendly, cross platform interface to the built-in Freenet download manager engine (replacing an older Windows-only tool called FUQID), and secondly to evolve into a complete file sharing application via sharing file indexes. The first goal has been 100% fulfilled and Thaw is now the preferred tool. The second goal has been partially achieved; Thaw has already working functionality for searching file indexes, but not all the wanted functionalities are implemented yet. (thanks sanity for this great description :)
In more simple words, Thaw is basically a Freenet upload/download manager.
Thanks to a series of plugins, it can be used to interact with other Freenet applications to provide node monitoring, Frost messaging, and other interesting features.
Thaw is Written in java, it runs wherever Java runs, that means almost any version of all the most popular Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX.
====Getting Thaw====
Thaw isn't bundled with Freenet any more.
You can get the software at the official Freenet website
[[http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/Thaw/Thaw.jar]]
====Setting up Thaw====
- Download Thaw.jar (see 'Getting Thaw' section)
- Create Thaw folder inside Freenet folder (or elsewhere if you so wish)
- Copy Thaw.jar into the Thaw folder
====Running Thaw====
Windows Users: double-click on Thaw.jar
Alternatively, open a cmd shell (aka the 'DOS prompt'), browse to the Thaw folder with the command 'cd' (change directory) and run Thaw using the command line java -jar Thaw.jar
Unix-based OS users: (including MacOSX, Ubuntu, and any Linux distributions)
open a terminal and cd to your Thaw folder, then run
java -jar Thaw jar
NOTE: Unix-based systems users (includes Mac, Ubuntu, Linux): as your OS is case-sensitive, you may want to rename Thaw.jar to thaw.jar or you will get a 'no such file or directory' error each time you forget that Thaw is spelled with a capital T (happened to me a lot, I eventually renamed it)
NOTE: Mac users: The command-line terminal is found in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. You can use drag-and-drop to create a shortcut.
====Downloading files with Thaw====
- Click the 'Downloads' button on the main interface.
A new window will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_d5798b13be.jpg"}}
Thaw's Transfers interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2903222378_f1e440ea04_o.png View full-size image]]
- Paste freenet keys like the three in the picture below, one key per line.
- Click the 'Choose Destination' button to select a folder where to download your files
- Click the Fetch-button and wait for the files to download.
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_a5a001b680.jpg"}}
Paste one key per line, then hit Fetch - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2903222380_d148896beb_o.png View full-size image]]
==== Uploading files with Thaw====
- In the main interface window, click the 'Insertions' button
A smaller window with two buttons will pop up:
{{image url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_567c436db8.jpg"}}
Thaw's upload interface - [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2903222384_75835b98c5_o.png View full-size image]]
- Click the 'Select Files' button and browse to the file(s) you want to upload
- Click the 'Insert' button.
The files that you download and upload with Thaw will be added to your Global Queue, visible in FProxy's Queue page.
===More Thaw Info==
Thaw can do many cool things besides uploading and downloading files from Freenet. One very interesting feature is the ability to group files by affinity using indexes.
read about [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]
~- [[ThawIndexes Thaw Indexes]]
Deletions:
Thaw is a filesharing utility and upload/download manager. Thaw's goals were firstly to provide a user-friendly, cross platform interface to the built-in Freenet download manager engine (replacing an older Windows-only tool called FUQID), and secondly to evolve into a complete file sharing application via sharing file indexes. The first goal has been 100% fulfilled and Thaw is now the preferred tool. The second goal has been partially achieved; Thaw has already working functionality for searching file indexes, but all the wanted functionnalities are not yet implemented. (thanks sanity for this great description :)
Currently, Thaw does more than just uploads and downloads. It's provided with plugins to watch your peers list, or even to chat on Frost boards.

Revision [2788]

Edited on 2008-09-23 12:52:58 by MatthewToseland [Delete freenet link to old version 0.8.3]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@yyKInJN8250~24WIlepVy-4NBetYxqK1AIGZVRBb424,sxuLklcV7jvrV1YMSVMYGDdTFaoFYo0un3etLgxmm6Y,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.3.jar
Thaw-0.8.3.jar]]
Or:

Revision [2532]

Edited on 2008-02-20 21:34:53 by JeromeFlesch [update d4 k4Y]
Additions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@yyKInJN8250~24WIlepVy-4NBetYxqK1AIGZVRBb424,sxuLklcV7jvrV1YMSVMYGDdTFaoFYo0un3etLgxmm6Y,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.3.jar
Thaw-0.8.3.jar]]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@8UZfamhS-QjKqMXUHjTBqaKl5bz9zmwTMUv7erFW28M,pt5TVUONgKCuSE0Ex3ufu~DJAkgNjBnR7bs~koqtqVo,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.1.jar Thaw 0.8.1]]

Revision [2397]

Edited on 2007-12-30 12:40:41 by JeromeFlesch [bleh]
Additions:
Currently, Thaw does more than just uploads and downloads. It's provided with plugins to watch your peers list, or even to chat on Frost boards.
Deletions:
Nowadays, Thaw does more than just uploads and downloads. It's provided with plugins to watch your peers list, or even to chat on Frost boards.

Revision [2396]

Edited on 2007-12-30 12:37:29 by JeromeFlesch [bleh]
Additions:
~- [[AnotherFreenetIndexFormat Index specifications]]
Deletions:
~- [[AnotherFreenetIndexFormat Index format used by Thaw for the file lists]]

Revision [2395]

Edited on 2007-12-30 12:31:41 by JeromeFlesch [re-bleh]
Deletions:
If you go on the "thaw" Frost board, please notice that Jflesch (the main Thaw developer) doesn't answer always to the anonymous non-signed messages. Please at least choose a nickname.

Revision [2394]

Edited on 2007-12-30 12:31:22 by JeromeFlesch [bleh]
Additions:
Thaw-testing.jar is always the latest development version (aka "make your backups first").
Deletions:
Thaw-testing.jar is always the latest development version (be careful with this one, **NO WARRANTY AT ALL**).

Revision [2392]

Edited on 2007-12-29 15:30:53 by JeromeFlesch [Updating key]
Additions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@8UZfamhS-QjKqMXUHjTBqaKl5bz9zmwTMUv7erFW28M,pt5TVUONgKCuSE0Ex3ufu~DJAkgNjBnR7bs~koqtqVo,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.1.jar Thaw 0.8.1]]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@k91sgZu7YfFmfyKm0azT9MU6OGkkNnAHSlLBCVPN7dE,4t6j4KbHJHOGcwHH9QQB0Z4P74tMkm7kbwMcJsMA2Sc,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.jar Thaw 0.8]]

Revision [2391]

Edited on 2007-12-29 15:25:50 by JeromeFlesch [adding repository url]
Additions:
=== Subversion ===
%%
svn co https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/trunk/apps/Thaw
%%

Revision [2365]

Edited on 2007-12-16 18:18:28 by JeromeFlesch [Updating key]
Additions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@k91sgZu7YfFmfyKm0azT9MU6OGkkNnAHSlLBCVPN7dE,4t6j4KbHJHOGcwHH9QQB0Z4P74tMkm7kbwMcJsMA2Sc,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.8.jar Thaw 0.8]]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@mmHr8ldkPL-ByTdAKL~IMua0z9nJ~dLnzoRIbbOaf2w,ORl1uXUYnutIayK~0Js5r6dnOBTYerm17OsxFq7jwpo,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.7.10.jar Thaw-0.7.10.jar (pre-0.8)]]

Revision [2264]

Edited on 2007-09-22 21:15:04 by JeromeFlesch [add a note about some other plugins]
Additions:
Nowadays, Thaw does more than just uploads and downloads. It's provided with plugins to watch your peers list, or even to chat on Frost boards.

Revision [2263]

Edited on 2007-09-22 21:12:19 by JeromeFlesch [add a link to some screenshoots]
Additions:
=== Screenshots ===
[[http://jflesch.kwain.net/~jflesch/thaw/ Because images say often more than words]]

Revision [2203]

Edited on 2007-08-13 21:02:34 by JeromeFlesch [Update the key (Thaw 0.7.10)]
Additions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@mmHr8ldkPL-ByTdAKL~IMua0z9nJ~dLnzoRIbbOaf2w,ORl1uXUYnutIayK~0Js5r6dnOBTYerm17OsxFq7jwpo,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.7.10.jar Thaw-0.7.10.jar (pre-0.8)]]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@6v2q6H60Lq8xQI1qwwWVMHPivdQC7892pyDfDOaZIYg,Vit44uqghyIaRx3F4GTBWAV5mrAqEg8VwM6ImoSy7HM,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.7.9.jar Thaw-0.7.9.jar (pre-0.8)]]

Revision [2201]

Edited on 2007-08-13 11:18:12 by JeromeFlesch [Update the key (Thaw 0.7.9)]
Additions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@6v2q6H60Lq8xQI1qwwWVMHPivdQC7892pyDfDOaZIYg,Vit44uqghyIaRx3F4GTBWAV5mrAqEg8VwM6ImoSy7HM,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.7.9.jar Thaw-0.7.9.jar (pre-0.8)]]
Deletions:
[[http://127.0.0.1:8888/CHK@760EPJ4Ru0ljt5GnE8xkxIF-Nn2AcBu9VWS8lxolxIk,BNpTV6e-f-rG0WAdacA06zgAVZPtwbiUGIif4XYNLag,AAIC--8/Thaw-0.7.1.jar Thaw-0.7.1.jar]]

Revision [2166]

The oldest known version of this page was created on 2007-07-27 15:43:48 by JeromeFlesch
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional :: Valid CSS :: Powered by WikkaWiki