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issafram | 2 months ago

If only there was an easy setup/tutorial for Usenet. I have no idea what I am supposed to pay for and what client program to use for acquiring files.

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tills13|2 months ago

Having figured it out myself, I agree. And it's not obvious that you need both a Usenet _indexer_ (who tells you what content is available) and a Usenet provider (who actually serves you the content).

FWIW, and I'm not sure if this is against terms here, but I use newsgeek for the former and giganews for the latter. Both are paid services but reasonably priced imo. When I can find something on Usenet, it typically downloads with speeds > 10MBps vs. torrenting which can exceed that but is usually much slower.

You can use whatever client you want. I have the *arr stack mentioned elsewhere in this thread as well and SABnzbd is the recommended option there.

issafram|2 months ago

Are the downloads through http/tcp or some other protocol?

venturecruelty|2 months ago

I bet if you Google "how to get started with Usenet", someone has written about this.

spiralcoaster|2 months ago

Sounds like a feature, not a bug

lukebechtel|2 months ago

the garden without the wall is trampled