• Hello world / new user

    From Samuel Christie@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 30 15:51:24 2022
    I'm new to actually using this whole usenet thing, and have some
    beginner questions.

    1. Where should I ask beginner questions like these?
    2. What groups do you find interesting, and would recommend for a new
    user?
    3. What are some reasons for running your own usenet server?

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 1 07:45:28 2022
    Am 30.09.2022 um 15:51:24 Uhr schrieb Samuel Christie:

    I'm new to actually using this whole usenet thing, and have some
    beginner questions.

    Great.

    1. Where should I ask beginner questions like these?

    news.newusers.questions should be fine for English questions. if you
    speak other languages, there are also other hierarchies like de.* that
    have their own groups for questions in the specific language.

    2. What groups do you find interesting, and would recommend for a new
    user?

    I like the groups about Linux in the comp.* and alt.* hierarchy, and
    also many groups about many topics in German in de.*.

    Use you newsreader and get a list of the available groups ans search
    for patterns like *linux*.
    Also see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newsgroups

    3. What are some reasons for running your own usenet server?

    You have control over it, you can give new users access to the Usenet,
    you can device which groups are available.
    But you need knowledge to do it.

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