Re: [OT] seeking news server recommendations

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:32:16 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

> rbowman wrote:
> 
>> I've used individual since my at-the-time ISP dropped usenet. I don't
>> remember exactly when but it was still free. 10 Euros was still a
>> bargain.
> 
> I wonder if NIN have tried to find a buyer?

https://individual.net/

"Farewell, Usenet!! The era of Usenet is over"

Hardly a good sales pitch. A sale might be complicated since it is run by 
FU Berlin. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin

I don't know how, or why, eternal-september.org is funded. Others like 
newshosting start at $10/mo but also offer other services.

People love to hate Reddit but the truth is r/linuxmint has much more 
traffic that alt.os.linux.mint.  The focused subreddits are not bad. 
General ones like the local one tend to be trash.