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rTorrent is the most popular torrent client for linux. It can run on very low level hardware, headless (without a screen) and you can use the GUI ruTorrent to manage it remotely. I will be installing it on this crappy old pink Dell Mini 10. If you are a member … I'm curious
Nzbdrone now Sonarr is quickly becoming the goto application for creating an autodownloading PVR for your favorite periodic media shows. It handles failed downloads better than Sickbeard and is more actively developed. The interface is much cleaner and easier to navigate. This is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to configuring nzbdrone. … I'm curious
NZBGet is a solid lightweight nzb file downloader. I have already written a tutorial for installing the latest stable NZBGet 13.0. This is for installing the latest development build (which could have stability issues). This is incidentally much easier than installing the latest stable build. If, for personal reasons, … I'm curious
NZBGet is a super lightweight usenet downloader written in C++. It is preferred by some over sabnzbd because it runs on weaker machines with less processing power so it can run on a NAS or Raspberry Pi. Actively developed and with an array of post-processing scripts it is a viable … I'm curious
CouchPotato is currently the only PVR solution for automating long video downloading from usenet and torrents. Nzbdrone will eventually have film features built-in but until then CouchPotato is our only option. I see many complaints about CouchPotato on reddit but it generally works. It is able to grab via torrents … I'm curious
We are going to install mpd (Music Player Daemon) so you can listen to music anywhere in your home you have set up an old computer to run linux.
This is another way I’m turning an old Dell Mini into something useful. I can now listen to music stored on … I'm curious
This guide will show you how to send a pushbullet notification when rtorrent completes a download on Debian Wheezy. With the power of curl and simple bash scripts it is remarkably easy to make pushbullet do its thing and make you feel like a digital badass.
Consider reading Comparing Usenet … I'm curious