Im very paranoid about getting into piracy and im not sure if i should or it or not but there are so many things i want that i cant afford.

is there a secure linux os that i can use without a vpn? im pretty use to windows 10 but i was told linux mint is good for this kind of stuff, is that true?

    • andrew
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      1 year ago

      Free or just included with your internet service? I remember getting usenet as an ISP perk long ago. No idea if they indexed any binary newsgroups though.

      • @db2@sopuli.xyz
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        51 year ago

        Included with service. Then they stopped doing it citing cost, not unlike how they don’t give you an email address anymore. I’m not sure I believe either excuse tbh.

        • The Doctor
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          11 year ago

          The amount of space required to maintain an NNTP spool was considerable before Usenet spam because the problem it is today. When I was in undergrad (late 90’s), the college I went to had an NNTP server for on-campus use. In 1998 it had something like 2TB of disk space (I don’t want to think about how much that cost back then). I can’t imagine that the spam has gotten better, or the amount of disk space needed for just the alt.* hierarchy has gone down since that time.

          • @db2@sopuli.xyz
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            21 year ago

            And back in 1998 we were paying the equivalent of $200 in today money per month for crappy slow internet access. They weren’t hurting.

            • The Doctor
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              11 year ago

              Huh. And many of us are still paying $200 per month for crappy, slow net.access. :(