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Hi

I have just started using Mandriva Linux - and need a nzb client.

On Windows I have always used Grabit and Quickpar to manage this.

What is available for Linux? - I have googled it but cannot find anything really.

Please help.
 
HellaNZB rocks.

Just drop/save the .nzb file in a directory and it all gets done automatically via a background deamon. LottaNZB can be used as a gui front end if required.
 
Grabit & altbinz run well in wine. I've never found a decent nzb client for Linux. Pan is ok, but outdated compared to what's available for windows.
 
quickpar is the gui of par2 - just grab the deb file for that - in ubuntu I think it was in the repos, so prob is true for other linux distros too
 
I use pan every now and then, but don't use news servers that much so don't need many options. Works fine for importing nzb's though.
 
orin76 said:
Grabit & altbinz run well in wine. I've never found a decent nzb client for Linux. Pan is ok, but outdated compared to what's available for windows.
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And what is required for a decent NZB client?

Some more to try out:
kwooty for KDE
sabnzbd

But all said and done there is nothing as powerful as hellanzb.
 
alf101 said:
Been using sabnzbd on OSX for a long time.
Works rather well.
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thanks all. Eventually opted for sabnzbd and it worked fine. only problem is that I could not find a par2 program for mandriva that would work. checked out the sabnzbd page par2 links as well - will try again tonight. they cover other linux distros not mandriva - question is which OS is mandriva closest to if i had to choose a par2 prog?

I would like to try out hellanzb as well - but cannot find a working link. anyone care to post one?

Thanks
 
unwired said:
thanks all. Eventually opted for sabnzbd and it worked fine. only problem is that I could not find a par2 program for mandriva that would work. checked out the sabnzbd page par2 links as well - will try again tonight. they cover other linux distros not mandriva - question is which OS is mandriva closest to if i had to choose a par2 prog?

I would like to try out hellanzb as well - but cannot find a working link. anyone care to post one?

Thanks
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For OSX I usually use quickpar.

But I'm using OSX Tiger now, and don't have quickpar or an unzipping / unraring program.
SABNZB seems to manage without it.
 
orin76 said:
Grabit & altbinz run well in wine. I've never found a decent nzb client for Linux. Pan is ok, but outdated compared to what's available for windows.
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yeah tried wine now as well. Runs perfectly fine.
Just need to make out how quickpar will run under wine - tried just now didnt seem to quite work.

amazing piece of software.
 
My vote is for SABNZBD, I have been using it on both Windows & Ubuntu now for 2 years.

The latest version has almost all of the features I can think of. And set it to monitor an RSS feed and you are sorted. It will only download the required number of parity files incase the download is damaged.

I give it 4 1/2 stars :)
 
NeuralBlade said:
My vote is for SABNZBD, I have been using it on both Windows & Ubuntu now for 2 years.

The latest version has almost all of the features I can think of. And set it to monitor an RSS feed and you are sorted. It will only download the required number of parity files incase the download is damaged.

I give it 4 1/2 stars :)
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Just tried it on windows too. I like the functionality that allows you to download from nzbmatrix and straight into sabnzbd.
need to try the rss option. i dont understand the api option? how does that help me?
 
milomak said:
break the shackles. the native apps work perfectly.
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to be honest when i use grabit under wine, it feels like I am cheating a bit.
I installed linux to get away from windows and to experience a new look/feel of a system.
 
unwired said:
to be honest when i use grabit under wine, it feels like I am cheating a bit.
I installed linux to get away from windows and to experience a new look/feel of a system.
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Opted for sabnzbd eventually. This works like a dream and I have had no issues at all.
I have switched to this on Windows as well.
 
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