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Does anyone still use Usenet?
I recently bought some bandwidth hoping to look around, but I am having a hard time finding any community with content. Did I just arrive to the party late? (Newsgroups that you used to follow would also be appreciated.)
- pwg 7y agoYes. The following groups have some activity in them: comp.lang.tcl, comp.misc, alt.os.linux.slackware, sci.crypt, comp.os.linux.misc. Many of the comp.lang.* groups have activity.
- leed25d 7y agotalk.bizarre?
- Simulacra 7y agoI tried accessing newsgroups for the first time in 20 years but was unable to find a way in without paying. Is there a free way into Usenet?
- pwg 7y agoYes, if you want the textual discussions groups, then at least: Eternal September (https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/) or AIOE: (https://www.aioe.org/ https://www.aioe.org/) are free possibilities.
- gen3 7y agoI just spent a couple dollars for a "block" Since I'm just downloading text, I don't imagine to burn through it quickly.
- simonblack 7y agoYep. This is my newsgroup list: Some of these groups have posts practically every day, some have posts that are few and far between. 1 aus.computers.linux 2 comp.os.coherent 3 comp.os.cpm 4 comp.sys.northstar 5 comp.os.linux.misc 6 alt.os.linux.mint 7 alt.autos.mercedes 8 alt.os.linux.debian My NNTP server is eternal-september, my articles-downloading software is slrnpull. My local handling of articles is a partial installation of cnews, my news-reader software is a slightly modified version of tass, both of which were originally components of my Coherent software installation.
- pasttense01 7y agoThe major use of Usenet currently is for file-sharing of copyrighted media. It's safer than torrents if you only want to download--since for torrents you are also uploading.