ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down113 cross-posted to: usenet@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscomputerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialsyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1519arrow-down1external-linkUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square205fedilink cross-posted to: usenet@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscomputerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialsyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down11·10 months agoCertainly. You should ask your favorite search engine.
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoIt’s not that easy, because the vast majority of articles are for using Usenet to download binaries. It’s not what the article was talking about.
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·10 months agoSimply add a ‘-binaries’ ( just tested with Google) And first result : https://www.privacyaffairs.com/usenet-guide/
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoAnd yet… it’s a tutorial about how to download with Usenet.
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoSorry I failed you. I just read up the setup parts :/. It was so simpler when I used outlook abd my Internet provider offered access to newsgroups. Well it was back to 56k. I don’t think I regret those, now I have fiber.
Certainly. You should ask your favorite search engine.
It’s not that easy, because the vast majority of articles are for using Usenet to download binaries. It’s not what the article was talking about.
Simply add a ‘-binaries’ ( just tested with Google)
And first result : https://www.privacyaffairs.com/usenet-guide/
And yet… it’s a tutorial about how to download with Usenet.
Sorry I failed you. I just read up the setup parts :/. It was so simpler when I used outlook abd my Internet provider offered access to newsgroups.
Well it was back to 56k. I don’t think I regret those, now I have fiber.