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Usenet still exists and is actually getting better with time. There's not much spam and the only people there left are geeks that care about the topic. The eter

Usenet still exists and is actually getting better with time. There's not much spam and the only people there left are geeks that care about the topic. The eternal september is over and it's time to start again. You can get text only access for your usenet client (or use a web interface) at https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ . I post on alt.startrek and alt.cyberpunk every now and then and get decent conversations. I also posted back in the 90s. Usenet need not rely on google groups mangling of deja news.

anthk 4y ago
alt.folklore computers comp.unix* comp.misc comp.lang.* comp.infosystems.gemini comp.infosystems.gopher
- saltminer 4y ago
  And if you want to see idiots fighting, comp.os.linux.advocacy
  - anthk 4y ago
    I prefer FIDO and DoveNet for productive talks on casual OS discussions.
    - tracker1 4y ago
      I like DoveNet quite a bit... fsx is decent as well. Haven't really looked at any others recently.
antod 4y ago
Hmmm... thanks for the update and link to eternal september. The way things are these days, I think I'm pretty much ready to try a return to usenet. Ironically although not a student or AOL user back then, my usage of usenet was after eternal september....
xtracto 4y ago
Thanks for this. I was a heavy NNTP user back in the early 90s and will have a look at your recommendations. I've got a lot of spare disk space ,(several TB)... maybe I could setup a mirror. Also, with current BTRFS compression, it should be possible to achieve good ratios for text files.
akoster 4y ago
Thanks for mentioning Eternal September [0]! I used their site in the past but had been using http://news.aioe.org http://news.aioe.org [1] up until it went offline [2] possibly due to a disk failure [3], as it seemed more performant than Eternal September. As far as no-cost text-only newsgroup read/write access, I think we are down to Eternal September and possibly the BlueWorld Usenet Farm[4]. Though arguably, if I'm interested in keeping newsgroups alive, perhaps paying for access from a provider such as EasyNews, GigaNews, etc. [5]. [0] https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20221220194002/http://news.aioe.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221220194002/http://news.aioe.... [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/10m9n22/aioe_gone/ https://old.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/10m9n22/aioe_gone/ [3] https://groups.google.com/g/eternal-september.support/c/ElendPvKyx4 https://groups.google.com/g/eternal-september.support/c/Elen... [4] https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com/ https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com/ [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usenet_Providers_and_Backbones.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usenet_Providers_and...

anthk 4y ago

alt.folklore computers comp.unix* comp.misc comp.lang.* comp.infosystems.gemini comp.infosystems.gopher

saltminer 4y ago
And if you want to see idiots fighting, comp.os.linux.advocacy
- anthk 4y ago
  I prefer FIDO and DoveNet for productive talks on casual OS discussions.
  - tracker1 4y ago
    I like DoveNet quite a bit... fsx is decent as well. Haven't really looked at any others recently.

antod 4y ago

Hmmm... thanks for the update and link to eternal september. The way things are these days, I think I'm pretty much ready to try a return to usenet. Ironically although not a student or AOL user back then, my usage of usenet was after eternal september....

xtracto 4y ago

Thanks for this. I was a heavy NNTP user back in the early 90s and will have a look at your recommendations. I've got a lot of spare disk space ,(several TB)... maybe I could setup a mirror. Also, with current BTRFS compression, it should be possible to achieve good ratios for text files.

akoster 4y ago

Thanks for mentioning Eternal September [0]! I used their site in the past but had been using http://news.aioe.org http://news.aioe.org [1] up until it went offline [2] possibly due to a disk failure [3], as it seemed more performant than Eternal September. As far as no-cost text-only newsgroup read/write access, I think we are down to Eternal September and possibly the BlueWorld Usenet Farm[4]. Though arguably, if I'm interested in keeping newsgroups alive, perhaps paying for access from a provider such as EasyNews, GigaNews, etc. [5]. [0] https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20221220194002/http://news.aioe.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221220194002/http://news.aioe.... [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/10m9n22/aioe_gone/ https://old.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/10m9n22/aioe_gone/ [3] https://groups.google.com/g/eternal-september.support/c/ElendPvKyx4 https://groups.google.com/g/eternal-september.support/c/Elen... [4] https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com/ https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com/ [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usenet_Providers_and_Backbones.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usenet_Providers_and...