In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-22 years ago message-square308fedilinkarrow-up1198
arrow-up1198message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-22 years ago message-square308fedilink
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-square kent_eh ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink9•2 years agoI miss the days when usenet was a standard part of most ISPs included offerings. Hopefully the fediverse can get wnought traction to grow some vibrant communities like we used to enjoy in heyday of the old newsgroups.
minus-square flatbield ( @furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•2 years agoCompuServe was pretty good too but very expensive. So not somethimg I care to go back to.
I miss the days when usenet was a standard part of most ISPs included offerings.
Hopefully the fediverse can get wnought traction to grow some vibrant communities like we used to enjoy in heyday of the old newsgroups.
CompuServe was pretty good too but very expensive. So not somethimg I care to go back to.