aMule

Sharing with your friends pictures, movie clips or music is one of the most popular online activities nowadays, but sometimes it's still hard to decide which kind of application really fits your needs.

If using the BitTorrent or Direct Connect protocols is not exactly your thing, aMule might come with something different. A peer-to-peer file sharing client by definition, this application is an eMule-like software solution that comes to serve the same goal: exchanging files over the Internet.

The interface might seem a bit overwhelming for first-time users, but it's only a matter of time until you get used to it. aMule has many of features and the well organized GUI provides you quick access to each of them.

If you're new to aMule, the application will automatically download a server list for you, so you will be able to find large communities where you can not only exchange files but also make new friends.

There is, of course, a search function which brought a lot of results during our testing, emphasizing the fact that aMule might very well be one of the top solutions when trying to share and find files online.

You can easily view download and connection statistics and the customizations can be easily done from a generous 'Preferences' menu. An interesting function is the one allowing you to remotely control it and only a few configurations are needed for that to happen.

aMule is not a resource eater and works pretty fast, but download speeds will depend on your Internet connection and computer. During testing we noticed that it doesn't eat up the RAM and the CPU unless large files are downloaded at very high speeds.

AMule is a great alternative for anyone interested in exchanging files over the Internet. The program supports many platforms and comes with a good feature pack so it is worth giving it a try.