[KLUG Members] Why I use Linux

[Peter Buxton]

Why do I use Linux? Read the following .deb info below and see:



pimppa - powerful tool to loot binaries from newsgroups smartly

PIMPPA is a tool to loot binaries from newsgroups and ftp sites. It
tries to achieve complete "hands free" operation where possible. The
system is best suited for the Connoisseur, the Collector and the
Worshipper of the Mighty Crond. Its not very useful for the inferior
minions of the trendy interactive.

Current features:
 * Attempts to skip duplicates and spam before downloading actual
   messages.
 * Further duplicate discarding based on filenames & MD5 checksums.
 * Intelligent multipart handling, downloads only complete postings.
 * Supports multiple newsservers.
 * Filename-based sorting of accepted files to proper directories.
 * Can be used to hunt known file series or extensions and skip the
 * rest.
 * Supports automatic file integrity testing and transformation.
 * Several tools and scripts for file maintenance and viewing.
 * Knowledge is kept in SQL database, making it relatively easy for you
   to write your own custom scripts and utilities.
 * Cronable: come back next week to check the filtered catch.
 * Optional Gnome GUI.
 * It's free! - GPL'ed Open Source.

Downsides (its not perfect)
 * Software requirements. We call them formidable.
 * Installation and use. You might actually have to read some of the
   documentation.


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