usenet downloader

[CapitalG]

can anyone suggest a good usenet downloader? ive used newsbin pro for windows since 2003 and love it, but tired of having to use wine. i use sabnzbd and thats a great program but i need something that can browse groups and download files. thanks

[nomko]

Standard available in the repository: Lottanzb

Or you could try NNTPGrab (https://launchpad.net/~openftd/+archive/ppa). When using this PPA, do not install OpenFTD since this program is no longer developed/maintained due to last year Dutch court ruling. NNTPGrab however, is stiull maintained and it works easily and good. No difficult settings or such.

There's also a program called Ninan: http://www.ninan.org. Don't know much about this program, but it looks simple too.

[CapitalG]

thanks for the links. ill try both of those and see how they work. ive also heard a lot about pan
http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/

can i just add there repo too? i was surprised it wasnt in the mint repo its been around for a long time.

it appears you can only use the latest version by compiling

[CapitalG]

hmm tried
git clone git://git.gnome.org/pan2

no luck?

[rich2005]

Pan is not wonderful but does download binaries (but no upload). I was a bit surprised that it is not in the repo.

Get it from here http://pkgs.org/download/pan down the bottom of the page.

Go for the ubuntu 11 deb, the ubuntu12 needs newer dependencies. I have a very new LMDE installation and the deb installed straight away, but do keep an eye open for dependencies.
edit: or maybe the debian squeeze package, that should work.

a composite screenshot http://i.imgur.com/3Jw6X.jpg

Also maybe look at installing parchive - thats in the repo - for parity files.

[CapitalG]

ive never heard of that site before? is that a legit site?

[nomko]

Pan is not wonderful but does download binaries (but no upload).

Pan is more a usenet reader, not a usenet downloader. It is possible to download files from usenet by using Pan, but a dedicated usenet downloader works much better.

[rich2005]

ive never heard of that site before? is that a legit site?

Just one of those sites like "getdeb" but for different distros. If you follow the link right through you eventually end up at (this is for the ubuntu11 i386 package - obviously you need to select a package that works with your computer architecture)

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... 2_i386.deb

@nomko

but a dedicated usenet downloader works much better.

yes, but what?

[CapitalG]

Pan is not wonderful but does download binaries (but no upload).

Pan is more a usenet reader, not a usenet downloader. It is possible to download files from usenet by using Pan, but a dedicated usenet downloader works much better.

i was checking out that NNTPGrab program and it seems it only handles nzb files. im looking for something that can download groups and files. ive heard about pan for a long time so it seemed to have a lot of features.

i love sabnzbd! but it only handles nzb files. i need more of a full program like newsbin pro

[rich2005]

im looking for something that can download groups and files.

Pan does not take up much in the way of resources, I dont download much in the way of binaries these days, but it will do that. I still use it every day to check on some newsgroups. If I ever need to upload then I am back to WINE and I use NewsRover.

Just give Pan a try, not much lost if you don't like it.

[CapitalG]

im looking for something that can download groups and files.

Pan does not take up much in the way of resources, I dont download much in the way of binaries these days, but it will do that. I still use it every day to check on some newsgroups. If I ever need to upload then I am back to WINE and I use NewsRover.

Just give Pan a try, not much lost if you don't like it.

thanks ill give it a shot

[nomko]

yes, but what?

[rich2005]

come on then, what to use?

[nomko]

im looking for something that can download groups and files.

What do you mean by this? You want to download the files directly?

The advantage of a dedicated usenet downloader such as Lottanzb or NNTPGrab is that they can check the downloade files immediatly with the added par2 files and extract them also. This while downloading the next group/file/movie/whatever. If you use Pan, then you must do all this by yourself manually using a terminal or using other programs.

[nomko]

come on then, what to use?

[CapitalG]

im looking for something that can download groups and files.

What do you mean by this? You want to download the files directly?

The advantage of a dedicated usenet downloader such as Lottanzb or NNTPGrab is that they can check the downloade files immediatly with the added par2 files and extract them also. This while downloading the next group/file/movie/whatever. If you use Pan, then you must do all this by yourself manually using a terminal or using other programs.

have you tried sabnzbd? i think that's the best one out there right now. what i mean by groups is you download all the headers for a group like alt.b.images.cars then you download 1000 files at time if you want. at least that's how it worked in newsbin pro. the other programs simply take a nzb and download the files that come with it. hopefully that made sense.

[CapitalG]

come on then, what to use?

by the way you guys need to keep this going i love all the funny pictures

[CapitalG]

im looking for something that can download groups and files.

Pan does not take up much in the way of resources, I dont download much in the way of binaries these days, but it will do that. I still use it every day to check on some newsgroups. If I ever need to upload then I am back to WINE and I use NewsRover.

Just give Pan a try, not much lost if you don't like it.

PAN rocks! it works better then i thought it would thanks for the help rich!

[nomko]

by the way you guys need to keep this going i love all the funny pictures

[CapitalG]

got some more?