Newsreaders for Ubuntu and Linux

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 2/2/07, James Silverton <.jim.silverton at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello, Felipe!
> You wrote  on Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:42:08 +0100:
>
>  FAS> On 2/2/07, James Silverton <.jim.silverton at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>  ??>> I have been experimenting with the live disc version of
>  ??>> Ubuntu 6.10 and have been very impressed with the programs
>  ??>> made available and am coming close to nerving myself to do
>  ??>> a full installation. I was disappointed not to be able to
>  ??>> find an online newsreader. Is there any consensus as to
>  ??>> the best such newsreaders for Ubuntu or Linux in general?
>
>  FAS> If you're talkiing about an RSS aggregator, then
>  FAS> http://reader.google.com. If you're talking about a NNTP
> reader, I
>  FAS> would suggest Pan.
>
> As I said a little earlier, you people have given me a lot to
> think about.  To me, an "online reader" is different from an RSS
> aggregator but I'm no expert on terminology :-)

Well, Google's online reader is, in fact, an RSS aggregator, but
implemented as a Web application. What do you mean when you think
about "online reader"?