It can do 'swarm' downloads, like other multithreading download protocols, for example BitTorrent. The support for downloads is well implemented. After installing it, you can start searching for files that you want to download. In fact, LimeWire has actually both Windows and Linux versions. It's called cross-platform because it's Windows and Linux compatible. This program is a cross-platform file sharing utility. LimeWire is an Open Source client for P2P (Peer-to-Peer) networks such as Gnutella.
