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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If one wanted to get into Usenet, where would they begin?

(I definitely do not have a Jellyfin server and entirely too much empty storage)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well if a person wanted to use Usenet to download news and totally nothing else, they would need two things - a Usenet provider and an indexer. Both cost an annual fee, but it’s less than $100.

Newshosting for Usenet access, this gets configured in nzbget or sabnzbd as a news server. Then NZBGeek gets configured in Sonarr and Radarr as an indexer.

Enjoy your glorious news!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I definitely wouldn't recommend astraweb and drunkenslug. They barely have any news.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remember when ISPs provided Usenet access as standard fare?

My, how times have changed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do people not use a VPN with Usenet at all? I have one for torrents to get my Linux ISOs but I just assumed I should also use one to get my news from Usenet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nope! The reason you need a VPN for torrents is because you’re also sharing the content. That’s how you’re tracked, mainly. Someone downloads a piece of your Linux ISO, they know you’ve got it.

Use SSL with Usenet and your traffic is encrypted. Good to go.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Torrents are better than usenet, change my mind. Especially when downloading older content

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many old shows and movies with a single seed hosting at 80kb/s.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

With your help, that can change into double seed! 👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How old are we talking about? I've had better luck with Newsgroups. Download the file and it downloads full speed vs torrents.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As another comment has mentioned get yourself an indexer (geek is fine and cheap) setup sabnzb and follow this wiki

Oh you'll also need a provider and I've had good luck with newshosting (not affiliated) but there are cheaper options too.

I hope this helps you in your quest to fill your storage.

PS here's the jellyfin documentation

PPS get a VPN like Mullvad just to be safe.