I just made another update to https://newsgrouper.org my web interface to Usenet. If you have registered to post you can now set a Face and/or X-Face icon for your posts by uploading a suitable image in the Preferences section. X-Face images are monochrome and most clients will display them. Face is a newer format which supports colour images but is less widely supported. Both are 48x48 pixels, Newsgrouper will do the necessary scaling and format conversions. 🗨 💬 🗯 💭
#usenet #newsgroups
#Newsgroups
Qualcuna usa ancora i #newsgroups di #usenet ? Adottate un gruppo e segnalatelo qui. :-)
it.cultura.libri
alt.chat-programs.jabber
@haitchfive :-) It's a kind of legend / story / fiction that was discussed back in the mid-90s on comp.sys.amiga back in the day!
The writer can be truly anonymous when posting to Usenet.
Usenet is accessible via TOR and open access servers that don't require registration or identifying information.
The writer can write and discuss using a pseudonym or pen name without fear of retaliation from employers, government, friends, and family. This encourages some people to share their innermost thoughts they would otherwise not express. Of course it also encourages trolls, but there are plenty of trolls everywhere else.
Usenet is text-centric so unlike the fediverse there is not a stream of distracting images.
Even after all these years I still prefer reading and posting Usenet newsgroups over all other forms of so-called, 'social media'.
#Usenet #NewsGroups #NNTP #NetworkNews #NetNews #Anonymous #Anonymity #Writers #Writing
Usenet is accessible via TOR and open access servers that don't require registration or identifying information.
The writer can write and discuss using a pseudonym or pen name without fear of retaliation from employers, government, friends, and family. This encourages some people to share their innermost thoughts they would otherwise not express. Of course it also encourages trolls, but there are plenty of trolls everywhere else.
Usenet is text-centric so unlike the fediverse there is not a stream of distracting images.
Even after all these years I still prefer reading and posting Usenet newsgroups over all other forms of so-called, 'social media'.
#Usenet #NewsGroups #NNTP #NetworkNews #NetNews #Anonymous #Anonymity #Writers #Writing
ok so i finally fumbled around and found update feeds button - it populated and has a pretty decent look - lots of flexibility to discover and add collections of sites/topics #newsgroups #related #portal news
The Fediverse is like the modern day Newsgroups.
#Fediverse #Newsgroups
Yesterday I work most of the day in implementing #newsgroups #articles #threading support on #UsenetReborn updated the main branch and the image, let me know what you think.
- https://sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn
#usenet #nntp #rust #programming #tui #decentralization #happyHacking #Hispagatos
Warning: I'm not a developer just a #hacker that works in #infosec and #unix systems that loves to learn as much as I can of everything. So patches with actual good code is welcome #happyHacking
@renedario Really weird to me that INN (InterNetNews) isn't on this list. #NNTP #newsgroups #groupware
@profoundlynerdy @rek2 @Toxic_Flange I'm trying to keep my web interface to usenet - https://newsgrouper.org.uk/ - usable on mobile devices (as well as PCs with or without javascript), and I do see some iPhone and Android users in the logs. I'm happy to hear any suggestions for how it could be improved.
#usenet #newsgroups
I found a new Usenet interface: News Grouper.
https://newsgrouper.org.uk/
"This website provides access to the worldwide Usenet discussion system. Usenet was established in 1980 and may be considered the first "social network". It is organised into Groups for the discussion of particular topics and/or for particular geographical areas. Within a group, messages (also called articles, or posts) are grouped into discussion threads. A thread consists of an initial messages, followed any replies to that message and replies to the replies etc.. "
#NewsGrouper #Usenet #NNTP #NetworkNews #Newsgroups #SocialNetworks #News
@usenet@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe
https://newsgrouper.org.uk/
"This website provides access to the worldwide Usenet discussion system. Usenet was established in 1980 and may be considered the first "social network". It is organised into Groups for the discussion of particular topics and/or for particular geographical areas. Within a group, messages (also called articles, or posts) are grouped into discussion threads. A thread consists of an initial messages, followed any replies to that message and replies to the replies etc.. "
#NewsGrouper #Usenet #NNTP #NetworkNews #Newsgroups #SocialNetworks #News
@usenet@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe
The end of an era with K7RA publishing his last ARRL Propagation Report on January 17:
“Sorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin I willwrite. I took over in 1991 from Ed Tilton, W1HDQ when he was too ill and weak to continue, and now with ALS I have similar problems.”
This easily-missed sentence at the start of the report belies the immense service Tad has provided to the amateur radio community for 34 years.
I’ve on-again-off-again read this reports in rec.radio.* newsgroups since the 90s, and I am sure may others have received them by email or via the web in more modern times.
Thanks Tad for all your work on these reports over all the years. These reports are an iconic part of the amateur radio experience, and web 1.0 era.
@vga256@dialup.cafe
I am planning to eventually post in alt.rhubarb again when I release my next hobby projects. I'm not too impressed with some of the busy newsgroups because of trolls and nutters.
Other groups I watch but rarely post to:
rocksolid.nodes.help
sci.crypt
comp.os.plan9 (moderated by plan9 devs)
alt.cyberpunk
alt.folklore.computers
alt.hackers
news.admin.peering
hispagatos.talk
alt.cypherpunks
alt.privacy.anon-server
I follow some others and usually I don't find myself much interested in the discussions.
Modern Usenet is different than its heyday. Messages are generally much more infrequent. It seems more of a bulletin board than a discussion forum these days.
#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups
I am planning to eventually post in alt.rhubarb again when I release my next hobby projects. I'm not too impressed with some of the busy newsgroups because of trolls and nutters.
Other groups I watch but rarely post to:
rocksolid.nodes.help
sci.crypt
comp.os.plan9 (moderated by plan9 devs)
alt.cyberpunk
alt.folklore.computers
alt.hackers
news.admin.peering
hispagatos.talk
alt.cypherpunks
alt.privacy.anon-server
I follow some others and usually I don't find myself much interested in the discussions.
Modern Usenet is different than its heyday. Messages are generally much more infrequent. It seems more of a bulletin board than a discussion forum these days.
#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups
Rocksolid Light is maturing well and I prefer Usenet over the Fediverse. The code maintainer just recently added some BBS games to the portal.
There is a #Usenet Fediverse/Lemmy group to which you can inform 272 subscribers of #NNTP related stuff:
usenet_lemmy.ml (replace the underscore with 'at' sign.).
Just put a mention address for the group and your subject as the first line then all the subscribers will see it. Your first line will show up as the subject in the group, so be sure to put the mention addresses below your toot message, not above it. Here is the link to the Lemmy Usenet group where you can get the mention address:
https://lemmy.ml/c/usenet
I didn't put the address in here because I don't want this post going to the group.
@vga256@dialup.cafe
#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups
There is a #Usenet Fediverse/Lemmy group to which you can inform 272 subscribers of #NNTP related stuff:
usenet_lemmy.ml (replace the underscore with 'at' sign.).
Just put a mention address for the group and your subject as the first line then all the subscribers will see it. Your first line will show up as the subject in the group, so be sure to put the mention addresses below your toot message, not above it. Here is the link to the Lemmy Usenet group where you can get the mention address:
https://lemmy.ml/c/usenet
I didn't put the address in here because I don't want this post going to the group.
@vga256@dialup.cafe
#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups
I see questions about chat, communication, and forum solutions often enough that I figure I should write a descriptive post of several options to keep around for recycling. Since I don't know your exact needs I will describe three options here. Two options are very modern and has a lot of features and the third is very retro and simple text-based forum software with some cool privacy and federation features.
Delta Chat is a email-based chat app. I can use chatmail servers or email servers. It is end-to-end encrypted. (https://delta.chat/en/). If your correspondents have POP/IMAP/SMTP email accounts they can use DeltaChat.
Delta Chat supports group chats and in-chat apps that you can create. It also now supports audio/video calls however they require using a link-based service.
If you want video and audio calls through your own XMPP server, or just private chat, XMPP is the way to go. Movim is a very mature server application for managing a social and chat network based on XMPP protocol. (https://movim.eu/) Movim allows you to federate with other servers similar to how Mastodon servers federate, and it has more features not available in Mastodon, including video conferencing.
Movim has chat, blogs, chat rooms, and even screen sharing support.
If you want a public readable text-based forum without video or audio calls then Rocksolid Light is an option.
Rocksolid Light is a NNTP server with a web forum front end: https://novabbs.org. You can run a private or public node, and even a private or public federated network.
Rocksolid Light has several themes included in the distribution. Here is the same server software running with a very different front end theme: https://news.octade.net (username: 'guest', password is 'guest123' reversed)
You don't have to federate your Rocksolid Light server, but it you want you can federate it. If you federate it, you can send encrypted BBS mail messages between users on different domains. You can also compose encrypted PGP/Mime messages in a newsreader and post them encrypted to a newsgroup for that purpose, so your encryption keys don't have to reside on the server.
The bonus with NNTP is that users can read and post using a dedicated newsreader client that is threaded and has filtering and very compact message threading. You can also download all new messages at once and then read them and write the replies while offline.
Movim is a very highly developed option that includes everything including the kitchen sink, so if you want to grow into audio and video conferencing and federate blogs, it is a superior option. Movim has a very modern interface compared to Rocksolid Light. The advantage of Rocksolid Light is its old-timey simplicity for text-based discussion threads.
More about Movim is described here: https://itsfoss.com/movim/.
More open source WhatsApp alternatives are described here:
https://itsfoss.com/private-whatsapp-alternatives/
#DeltaChat #E2E #Encryption #Movim #XMPP #Jabber #RocksolidLight #Servers #NNTP #Usenet #Forums #FreeSoftware #Newsgroups #NetworkNews #Retro #OldSchool
Delta Chat is a email-based chat app. I can use chatmail servers or email servers. It is end-to-end encrypted. (https://delta.chat/en/). If your correspondents have POP/IMAP/SMTP email accounts they can use DeltaChat.
Delta Chat supports group chats and in-chat apps that you can create. It also now supports audio/video calls however they require using a link-based service.
If you want video and audio calls through your own XMPP server, or just private chat, XMPP is the way to go. Movim is a very mature server application for managing a social and chat network based on XMPP protocol. (https://movim.eu/) Movim allows you to federate with other servers similar to how Mastodon servers federate, and it has more features not available in Mastodon, including video conferencing.
Movim has chat, blogs, chat rooms, and even screen sharing support.
If you want a public readable text-based forum without video or audio calls then Rocksolid Light is an option.
Rocksolid Light is a NNTP server with a web forum front end: https://novabbs.org. You can run a private or public node, and even a private or public federated network.
Rocksolid Light has several themes included in the distribution. Here is the same server software running with a very different front end theme: https://news.octade.net (username: 'guest', password is 'guest123' reversed)
You don't have to federate your Rocksolid Light server, but it you want you can federate it. If you federate it, you can send encrypted BBS mail messages between users on different domains. You can also compose encrypted PGP/Mime messages in a newsreader and post them encrypted to a newsgroup for that purpose, so your encryption keys don't have to reside on the server.
The bonus with NNTP is that users can read and post using a dedicated newsreader client that is threaded and has filtering and very compact message threading. You can also download all new messages at once and then read them and write the replies while offline.
Movim is a very highly developed option that includes everything including the kitchen sink, so if you want to grow into audio and video conferencing and federate blogs, it is a superior option. Movim has a very modern interface compared to Rocksolid Light. The advantage of Rocksolid Light is its old-timey simplicity for text-based discussion threads.
More about Movim is described here: https://itsfoss.com/movim/.
More open source WhatsApp alternatives are described here:
https://itsfoss.com/private-whatsapp-alternatives/
#DeltaChat #E2E #Encryption #Movim #XMPP #Jabber #RocksolidLight #Servers #NNTP #Usenet #Forums #FreeSoftware #Newsgroups #NetworkNews #Retro #OldSchool
The Linux package, 'sdate' will give you the current Eternal September date:
$ apt-get install sdate
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups #Linux #sdate #datetime #calendars
$ apt-get install sdate
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups #Linux #sdate #datetime #calendars
But it _is_ the year 1993. Today's date is September 11446, 1993.
September 1993 never ends. It is now Eternal September of the year 1993. It is always Eternal September of 1993.
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
And here: https://www.eternal-september.org/
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups
September 1993 never ends. It is now Eternal September of the year 1993. It is always Eternal September of 1993.
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
And here: https://www.eternal-september.org/
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups
I've made some updates to Newsgrouper, my web gateway to Usenet discussion groups - https://newsgrouper.org.uk -
- Keyboard navigation improved
- New display options
- Crossposting now supported
- Historical search enhancements
- Edit subscribed groups list in Preferences
- Display group charters
- Show X-Face user avatars
- Most active groups page
- Help page
- Source code now online at https://chiselapp.com/user/cmacleod/repository/newsgrouper/home
It aims to be useable on desktop or mobile devices.
#usenet #newsgroups @usenet
Plan 9 Newsgroup is Revived (comp.os.plan9)
Plan 9 is a Unix-like operating system first developed by Bell Labs.
https://comp.os.plan9.narkive.com/SnexHy94/we-re-alive-again
"comp.os.plan9 is a moderated newsgroup for discussion of the Plan 9 operating system and related systems. It's a forum to ask questions and share information about installing, administering, using, and developing the system. Discussion of the original Plan 9 from Bell Labs as well as all forks, derivitives, or otherwise related systems are on topic. "
http://9srv.net/comp.os.plan9/index.html
@opensource@lemmy.ml @usenet@lemmy.ml
#Plan9 #Usenet #Newsgroups #Unix #OS #OperatingSystem
Plan 9 is a Unix-like operating system first developed by Bell Labs.
https://comp.os.plan9.narkive.com/SnexHy94/we-re-alive-again
"comp.os.plan9 is a moderated newsgroup for discussion of the Plan 9 operating system and related systems. It's a forum to ask questions and share information about installing, administering, using, and developing the system. Discussion of the original Plan 9 from Bell Labs as well as all forks, derivitives, or otherwise related systems are on topic. "
http://9srv.net/comp.os.plan9/index.html
@opensource@lemmy.ml @usenet@lemmy.ml
#Plan9 #Usenet #Newsgroups #Unix #OS #OperatingSystem
#Usenet #hispagatos #cyberpunk #darksynth #music #alt.cyberpunk #alt.cyberpunk.movement #alt.2600 #alt.2600.hackers #hispagatos.talk and many more #newsgroups #comp.infosystems.gopher #comp.infosystems.gemini #comp.lang.go #alt.comp.lang.rust #free.palestine #hispagatos.hacking.news <-- and more in #Usenet the original #decentralized and #open social network
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