Doesn't Linux have a decent usenet reader?

[Nancy Rudins]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, marc wrote:

> Hi,
>
> About a year ago, I asked Debian users about usenet readers. The
> selection that I'd tried were, frankly, rubbish compared to what I'd
> been using on Windows for more than a decade.
>
> Today, I tried again:
>
> - Pan: terrible interface that *still* makes the 101 error of displaying
> threading on subject - often you can't even see the subject, which is
> bonkers -  and it still doesn't allow locking articles against purging.
> A-n-d b-o-y i-s i-t k-l-u-n-k-y. It's horrible.
>
> - Knode: Just terrible - it's windows management is hideous. And it too
> makes the 101 error of threading on subject. Worse, there is no tagging
> of articles for download, and articles can't be protected from purging.
>
> - Thunderbird: Oh dear
>
> So, since another year has ticked by, I'll ask again:
>
> Is there a Linux newsreader that approaches anything that Windows had
> in the 90s?
>
> :-) Yeah, I know I'm being inflammatory, but this single issue pains me
> to the core.
>
> -- 
> Best,
> Marc
>
>

Hi Marc,

I used to use xrn on SunOs and Solaris systems. I see there's a
version available for linux now but I haven't tried it yet.  I
will download it and have a go at it and let you know if it's
any good.

Kind regards,
Nancy



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