I've never tried Deluge before, but I heard it's nice! I prefer rTorrent and Transmission, though, because they're programmed in C/C++/Objective C. Compiled software is usually faster than interpreted.
I didn't mention in my post before another great method of downloading things: Usenet. Usenet was the Internet before the modern Internet became public. A pretty long time ago, Usenet was only used as a way of communication, like the professional predecessor to the modern Internet 'ARPANET'. It was used as a BBS (Bulletin Board System) , and you could say that all Internet forums emerged from this network. Now, though, Usenet is mostly used for downloading binary files, similar to BitTorrent. This works by using NZB files, which are XML-based files that work by pointing your Usenet client to where to download multi-part files from your Usenet provider. Usenet providers are similar to Internet service providers;Usenet providers provide access to Usenet. They also store files that NZB's point to. Similar to BitTorrent, NZB's don't download a one file; they retrieve small, multiple files, and then bring them back together. BitTorrent is peer-to-peer; the speed of your downloads depend on others. On Usenet, you connect straight to the provider. The speed depends on your bandwidth and simultaneous connections. All Usenet providers have a limited amount of simultaneous connections, and downloads are faster the more connections you have. It works by downloading the same file (split into pieces) at different connections to make the speed faster. This also bypasses some ISP limits. You do have to pay a subscription for Usenet just like ISP's, though. Some Usenet providers are, of course, better than others. The best provider to pick is the one with the greatest all-around combination of retention (how long the provider stores binary and text), speed, connections,amount of data to be downloaded a month (usually unlimited) , and encryption. If you're interested, I'd recommen...
I've never tried Deluge before, but I heard it's nice! I prefer rTorrent and Transmission, though, because they're programmed in C/C++/Objective C. Compiled software is usually faster than interpreted.
I didn't mention in my post before another great method of downloading things: Usenet. Usenet was the Internet before the modern Internet became public. A pretty long time ago, Usenet was only used as a way of communication, like the professional predecessor to the modern Internet 'ARPANET'. It was used as a BBS (Bulletin Board System) , and you could say that all Internet forums emerged from this network. Now, though, Usenet is mostly used for downloading binary files, similar to BitTorrent. This works by using NZB files, which are XML-based files that work by pointing your Usenet client to where to download multi-part files from your Usenet provider. Usenet providers are similar to Internet service providers;Usenet providers provide access to Usenet. They also store files that NZB's point to. Similar to BitTorrent, NZB's don't download a one file; they retrieve small, multiple files, and then bring them back together. BitTorrent is peer-to-peer; the speed of your downloads depend on others. On Usenet, you connect straight to the provider. The speed depends on your bandwidth and simultaneous connections. All Usenet providers have a limited amount of simultaneous connections, and downloads are faster the more connections you have. It works by downloading the same file (split into pieces) at different connections to make the speed faster. This also bypasses some ISP limits. You do have to pay a subscription for Usenet just like ISP's, though. Some Usenet providers are, of course, better than others. The best provider to pick is the one with the greatest all-around combination of retention (how long the provider stores binary and text), speed, connections,amount of data to be downloaded a month (usually unlimited) , and encryption. If you're interested, I'd recommend one of the super special offers by SuperNews. The other disadvantage of Usenet instead of BitTorrent is DMCA take-downs. Not being exactly P2P, Usenet is more centralized, and more susceptible to DMCA take-downs when people on Usenet do illegal things. There are some Usenet providers that aren't based in the U.S, though.
Deluge is more a fancy python front-end to libtorrent written in c++ the same libtorrent found at the core of rtorrent. ( I act love rtorrent in a strange ncurses kind of way) The reason i mentioned Deluge is more or less because of the availability of a windows and (gasp) even a Mac build and the similarity to utorrent that would help get the average non linux user on it's way . Usenet is indeed a nice way of sharing files even in this day and age. I do however miss the days that you did'nt have to pay for Usenet access and ISP's maintained their own NNTP servers with binary support. Another old and often overlooked method of exchanging files is trough IRC with DCC.
Google groups still gateways Usenet doesn't it ? Even the old-fashioned ANSI BBS is Making somewhat of a return these days allowing people to connect with ssh and telnet. All we need now is the return of gopher
Many people say the search function on Google Groups is terrible (ironic, I know). I don't use it much myself, but I've recently found out about Narkive, which is pretty darn nice.
I hear ya I hardly hit up google groups myself except for the odd project that decided to use it. Thanks for the Narkive link never heard of them before.
I've never tried Deluge before, but I heard it's nice! I prefer rTorrent and Transmission, though, because they're programmed in C/C++/Objective C. Compiled software is usually faster than interpreted.
I didn't mention in my post before another great method of downloading things: Usenet. Usenet was the Internet before the modern Internet became public. A pretty long time ago, Usenet was only used as a way of communication, like the professional predecessor to the modern Internet 'ARPANET'. It was used as a BBS (Bulletin Board System) , and you could say that all Internet forums emerged from this network. Now, though, Usenet is mostly used for downloading binary files, similar to BitTorrent. This works by using NZB files, which are XML-based files that work by pointing your Usenet client to where to download multi-part files from your Usenet provider. Usenet providers are similar to Internet service providers;Usenet providers provide access to Usenet. They also store files that NZB's point to. Similar to BitTorrent, NZB's don't download a one file; they retrieve small, multiple files, and then bring them back together. BitTorrent is peer-to-peer; the speed of your downloads depend on others. On Usenet, you connect straight to the provider. The speed depends on your bandwidth and simultaneous connections. All Usenet providers have a limited amount of simultaneous connections, and downloads are faster the more connections you have. It works by downloading the same file (split into pieces) at different connections to make the speed faster. This also bypasses some ISP limits. You do have to pay a subscription for Usenet just like ISP's, though. Some Usenet providers are, of course, better than others. The best provider to pick is the one with the greatest all-around combination of retention (how long the provider stores binary and text), speed, connections,amount of data to be downloaded a month (usually unlimited) , and encryption. If you're interested, I'd recommen...
... Read FullDeluge is more a fancy python front-end to libtorrent written in c++ the same libtorrent found at the core of rtorrent. ( I act love rtorrent in a strange ncurses kind of way) The reason i mentioned Deluge is more or less because of the availability of a windows and (gasp) even a Mac build and the similarity to utorrent that would help get the average non linux user on it's way . Usenet is indeed a nice way of sharing files even in this day and age. I do however miss the days that you did'nt have to pay for Usenet access and ISP's maintained their own NNTP servers with binary support. Another old and often overlooked method of exchanging files is trough IRC with DCC.
Well, at least text-based Usenet is still (mostly) free. Eternal-September.org is pretty nice. DMOZ also hosts a list of public Usenet servers
Google groups still gateways Usenet doesn't it ? Even the old-fashioned ANSI BBS is Making somewhat of a return these days allowing people to connect with ssh and telnet. All we need now is the return of gopher
Many people say the search function on Google Groups is terrible (ironic, I know). I don't use it much myself, but I've recently found out about Narkive, which is pretty darn nice.
I hear ya I hardly hit up google groups myself except for the odd project that decided to use it. Thanks for the Narkive link never heard of them before.