Tiger Jerusalem to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agoWhat’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?message-square57fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?Tiger Jerusalem to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
Pretty much the question. I heard about Usenet a while back but never managed to wrap my head around it.
minus-square@kender242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•5 months agoIt’s really neat to think of Usenet as ‘federated’ considering that’s a new term for most of us. My preferred options are: Binsearch, astraweb, and newsbin You get what you pay for, a bargain IMHO
minus-square@TunaLobster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 months agoCheck out FidoNet for another example of federation.
It’s really neat to think of Usenet as ‘federated’ considering that’s a new term for most of us.
My preferred options are: Binsearch, astraweb, and newsbin
You get what you pay for, a bargain IMHO
Check out FidoNet for another example of federation.