Ask HN: What are your favorite newsgroups on Usenet? 21 points by iio7 4y ago ↗ HN For those using Usenet what are some of your favorite newsgroups?
[–] gkbrk 4y ago ↗ sci.crypt has fun stuff from time to time, if you like cryptography topics. comp.lang.c is also nice, if you filter off-topic posters.They also recently started a usenet newsgroup for the Gemini protocol, but it's not widely known yet.
[–] mattl 4y ago ↗ What clients are people using for Usenet these days?I think Thunderbird is the only cross platform GUI app [–] iio7 4y ago ↗ Claws-mail is great.
[–] thatoldfool 4y ago ↗ I just bought usenapp (https://www.usenapp.com/) after using Unison for ages on mac. This is a useful backbone map of the usenet networks: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Usenet_P...I have a hefty block account that's my primary server, and then a TB of block data from other backbones set to be only used when my primary server is missing data.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 17.4 ms ] threadThey also recently started a usenet newsgroup for the Gemini protocol, but it's not widely known yet.
I think Thunderbird is the only cross platform GUI app
I have a hefty block account that's my primary server, and then a TB of block data from other backbones set to be only used when my primary server is missing data.