Metalink News : 17 Aug 2009

[Ant Bryan]

Linux Format Magazine issue 119: What on Earth is Metalink?
Internet Draft: Metalink Download Description Format
findthatfile - Metalink search engine
Updated: aria2, DTA, KGet, MirrorBrain, Retriever
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Linux Format Magazine issue 119: What on Earth is Metalink?

Linux Format magazine (UK) issue 119 (June 2009) has a two page
article on Metalink.

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/how-metalink-gives-you-faster-downloads-611025

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Internet Draft: Metalink Download Description Format

An updated Internet Draft describing the Metalink format has been
submitted to
the IETF.
We're looking for review and public comments.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bryan-metalink

with interim revisions at
http://metalinks.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/metalinks/internetdraft/

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findthatfile - Metalink search engine

find that file is a search engine for downloads, and it now spiders
Metalinks!

http://findthatfile.com/
http://www.findthatfile.com/index.php?q=metalink+suse&x=0&y=0&mediaselect=-
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Google Summer of Code: Metalink improvements to KGet

Google is paying a student to improve KGet this summer, which includes
Metalink features!

http://socghop.appspot.com/
http://socghop.appspot.com/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/kde/t...

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Updated: aria2, DTA, KGet, MirrorBrain, Retriever

Some Metalink related software has been updated.


http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
http://www.downthemall.net/
http://www.kde.org/
http://www.mirrorbrain.org/
http://www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html