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If you have the time to seed a lot then private torrent trackers can be just as effective for finding your ahem... linux ISOs without the cost. Usenet is most useful for people who are worried about repercussions from their gov for seeding (as many count this as "distribution" and it carries more weight than simply downloading)
I would be torrenting with a VPN with multihop, and seeding is a bit iffy in my country becuase you cannot be charged here for downloading, but you can be charged with seeding.
Usenet is a bit more work to setup than bittorrent, but you will be able to find lots of movies and TV shows there without having to seed anything. Unfortunately, you have to pay for access to good indexers if you want to download more than a few files per day.