[Bug 6936] eMule uses 40% CPU when idle permanently, independent of CPU speed

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6936





--- Comment #44 from Keith <keith_kw_muir at blueyonder.co.uk>  2008-06-28 13:29:53 ---
(In reply to comment #43)
> Until someone approaches the problem with some creative thinking, it won't be
> fixed any time soon, I recommend reading the comments by Anastasius Focht who
> explained why eMule is so resource-hungry under Linux.
> 
> Regarding eMule viability: anyone that uses ED2K on a regular basis knows
> native clients suck so bad that, besides ditching ED2K entirely, eMule is the
> only thing that works at acceptable speeds.
> 
> aMule 2.1.3 is a sorry excuse, given its awkward interface (just look at the
> search engine screenshots on amule.org!), the prehistoric set of features and
> the sheer amount of bugs affecting it.
> 
> OTOH version 2.2 has been utter vaporware, perpetually claimed to be on the
> verge of being released Real Soon Now(tm), for *over* *two* *years*, that is
> until a couple weeks ago. It isn't officially available through my distro yet,
> and I have very little faith in the developers, but I will give it a spin as
> soon as the new package shows up.
> 

Well good news is that amule 2.2.1 is out as of June 11 which fixes a ton of
bugs and implements the kad features and protocol obfuscation in emule. Even
less reason to worry about this bug.


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