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On 3/19/2024 7:47 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:

> I think, if I had not relied on COLA to provide help on these matters, 
> by now, I'd be months into fruitful learning of ... probably C++ and 
> into several exciting programming projects.


Go with python (and pyqt or pyside for a GUI)

Sample of what you can do with them:

https://uploadnow.io/f/QGsMX7G


To run it:

1) install Python

2) install PyQt 5

3) extract the .7z file to a folder, and from the command line:

$ python usenet.py

and the GUI should open