usenet

The alt.os.linux.slackware FAQs [1] are one of the most comprehensive resources to get started with Slackware.

[1] https://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt

#slackware #usenet

USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech

About ⅓ century ago a young me procrastinated something else away by counting the gaps in the interview in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) and calculating its overall time - which by then seemingly nobody else had done for another ¼ century.

From my list of interesting life accomplishments.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/trivia/?item=tr0748232&ref_=ext_shr_lnk

#Usenet > rec.arts.movies > #IMDb #trivia

Just a reminder that Usenet, the original de-centralised, federated internet discussion forum without companies or governments deciding who gets to post what, is still alive 45+ years after its inception. And no age verification either.

It's very light-weight too and a breeze to peruse, unencumbered by malicious surveillance tech and ad optimisation, especially with a text-based UI like tin.

#Usenet #decentralised #RetroComputing #PermaComputing