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=pod
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Ncdc is a modern and lightweight direct connect client with a friendly
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ncurses interface.
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=head2 Get ncdc!
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=over
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=item Latest version
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1.16.1 ([dllink ncdc-1.16.1.tar.gz download]
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- L<changes|http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/changes>
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- L<mirror|https://sourceforge.net/projects/ncdc/files/ncdc/>)
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Convenient static binaries for Linux:
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L<64-bit|http://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-x86_64-1.16.1.tar.gz> -
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L<32-bit|http://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-i486-1.16.1.tar.gz> -
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L<ARM|http://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-arm-1.16.1.tar.gz>. Check the
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L<installation instructions|http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/install> for more info.
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B<Note:> The static binaries have some problems with chatting and searching on
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KOI8-R NMDC hubs, use an alternative installation method if you're affected by
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this.
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=item Development version
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The latest development version is available from git and can be cloned using
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C<git clone git://g.blicky.net/ncdc.git>. The repository is available for
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L<online browsing|http://g.blicky.net/ncdc.git/>.
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=item Requirements
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The following libraries are required: ncurses, zlib, bzip2, sqlite3, glib2 and
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gnutls.
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Ncdc is entirely written in C and available under a liberal MIT license.
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=item Community
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[html]
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L<Bug tracker|http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/bug> - For bugs reports, feature requests and patches.<br />
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L<Mailing list|http://l.blicky.net/listinfo/ncdc> - For general discussions, questions and feedback.<br />
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C<adc://dc.blicky.net:2780/> - If the mailing list is too slow for you.
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É
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=item Packages and ports
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Are available for the following systems:
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L<Arch Linux|http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50949> -
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L<FreeBSD|http://www.freshports.org/net-p2p/ncdc/> -
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L<Frugalware|http://frugalware.org/packages/136807> -
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L<Gentoo|http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-p2p/ncdc> -
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L<Homebrew|http://braumeister.org/formula/ncdc> -
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L<MacPorts|http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ncdc> -
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L<OpenSUSE|http://packman.links2linux.org/package/ncdc>
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I also have a few packages on the L<Open Build
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Service|https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=ncdc&project=home%3Ayorhel>.
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=back
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=cut
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[html]<iframe src="http://software.opensuse.org/download/package.iframe?project=home:yorhel&package=ncdc" style="width: 560px; height: 200px; border: 1px dashed #aaa"></iframe>É
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=head2 Features
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Common features all modern DC clients (should) have:
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=item * Connecting to multiple hubs at the same time,
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=item * Support for both ADC and NMDC protocols,
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=item * Chatting and private messaging,
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=item * Browsing the user list of a connected hub,
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=item * Share management and file uploading,
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=item * Connections and download queue management,
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=item * File list browsing,
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=item * TTH-checked file downloading,
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=item * Searching for files,
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=item * Secure hub (adcs:// and nmdcs://) and client connections on both protocols,
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=item * Bandwidth throttling,
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=item * IPv6 support.
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=back
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And special features not commonly found in other clients:
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=over
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=item * Different connection settings for each hub,
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=item * Encrypted UDP messages (ADC SUDP),
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=item * Subdirectory refreshing,
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=item * Nick notification and highlighting in chat windows,
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=item * Trust on First Use for TLS-enabled hubs,
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=item * A single listen port for both TLS and TCP connections,
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=item * Efficient file uploads using sendfile(),
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=item * Large file lists are opened in a background thread,
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=item * Doesn't trash your OS file cache (with the flush_file_cache option enabled),
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=item * (Relatively...) low memory usage.
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=back
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=head2 What doesn't ncdc do?
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Since the above list is getting larger and larger every time, it may be more
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interesting to list a few features that are (relatively) common in other DC
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clients, but which ncdc doesn't do. Yet.
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=over
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=item * Segmented/parallel downloading,
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=item * NAT Traversal,
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=item * OP features (e.g. client detection, file list scanning and other useful stuff for OPs),
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=item * SOCKS support.
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=back
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Of course, there are many more features that could be implemented or improved.
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These will all be addressed in later versions (hopefully :).
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