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Usenet

SimonVM

Tue May 06, 2014 11:23:34 pm

Greetings, all.

Any suggestions for a good Usenet downloader that fits nicely within Zorin? Under XP I used GrabIt, but it had some issues under W7. Currently running 8.1 Core, will probably switch to 8 Gaming within a few days.

Take care,
Simon

Wolfman

Wed May 07, 2014 7:28:00 am

Hi,

this is somewhat dated but gives you an idea:

http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100 ... senet.html

SimonVM

Wed May 07, 2014 8:42:02 pm

Thx!

To be sure: I took a leap of fath and simply ran the installer for GrabIt (1.7.2 beta 6). Wine picks up, and installs it, and it runs even better then within Windows 7.

I'm starting to be a believer: Zorin is a better Windows then Windows!

Take care,
Simon

SimonVM

Thu May 08, 2014 2:35:52 am

Here's Zorin 8.1 Core running Windows versions of Grabit (usenet downloader), Sigil (ePub editor), VLC player (video) and good old WinAmp (mp3)...

Just install and run - sheer magic!