ZeroCool to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down113 cross-posted to: syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comZeroCool to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square205fedilink cross-posted to: syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
minus-squareZloubidalinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years 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-square@topinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•2 years agoSimply add a ‘-binaries’ ( just tested with Google) And first result : https://www.privacyaffairs.com/usenet-guide/
minus-squareZloubidalinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoAnd yet… it’s a tutorial about how to download with Usenet.
minus-square@topinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years 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.
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.