Command line usenet client?

[Robert Dailey]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:49 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/08/2008 12:31 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:
>> I'm currently looking for a binary newsreader that can easily download
>> binary files from usenet from the command line. I'm also looking for
>> something that can easily upload binary files to usenet, such as
>> PowerPost on windows, except that this needs to function on the
>> command line only. I'm using Ubuntu Server 8.04. Thanks in advance.
>>
>
> Many years ago I used Pine & found it to be quite sufficient. See:
> http://www.washington.edu/pine/
>
> Also see:
> http://littlergirl.googlepages.com/newsreaders.html
> for a comparison of lots of newsreaders.
>
> That said, you can actually install a GUI desktop on your server if you
> wish. Perhaps something light like xubuntu:
>
> sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
>
> then
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> All of your server features/functions are still available & working and
> you can then use Thunderbird for newsgroups & Firefox for your DSL
> bandwidth speed testing.

Will the server reboot in the GUI, or do I start it manually? Also,
would I still be able to use PuTTY? I'm not sure how having a desktop
would affect other things. I would expect to be able to start/stop the
GUI at my leisure.

Thanks for your response.