I see people always mentioning this Usenet and Private Tracker nonsense. What's that stuff all about? All I heard is insanely fast download and all that. Is it dangerous? What's the idea? No guys, I am not asking where to find them. I just want to know what they're all about. I'm sick of pulling a blank to figure out what it is...
Private Trackers and Usenet are two very different things. Private trackers are member-only exclusive BitTorrent trackers - where torrents are generally seeded more (as opposed to public trackers, which are usually victims to hit and run downloads) and are also seeded on faster internet connections, as it is more likely that people are using seedboxes. Whereas Usenet is best described as an large network of posts.
Hakoda said:
In the case of GBATemp, game releases usually go: Usenet --> Torrents --> File Sharing Sites/Dedicated Domains for ROMs. Some others on here will use it for pr0n as well though, lol.
You've forgotten the top three layers,
Release Groups -> topsites (large FTP servers) -> couriers (who distribute between servers) -> usenet/torrents (torrents typically hit a short while after usenet, but are very much at the same level) -> dedicated sites
QUOTE(Rafinesque @ Feb 27 2011, 05:13 AM)
Usenet can have a high learning curve. The best software for Usenet is probably Newsbin Pro. The best service is Giganews, but there are others that are decent...