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Re: Newsreader: Best of the bunch?



On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:58:18PM +0100, marc wrote:

> Sorry for the cheesy question.
> 
> Until now, I've retained Gravity on XP for my usenet use. Now, I'm after 
> a Linux replacement. I use multiple servers, but I'm only interested in 
> text-based ngs, so threading and tracking threads that I've contributed 
> to are important. The less mouse use the better, but unless it's uber-
> functional, I'd prefer to avoid a curses-bases usenet reader - may the 
> nix-gods forgive me.
> 
> I welcome your suggestions, advice and experience.

As an aside: for advanced multiple-server support, you might want to
consider using leafnode as a local server.

Among GUI newsreaders, Pan seems to me to have a little more
functionality than KNode. Sylpheed[-Claws] is a possibility, but I
haven't tried either version of it for a long time. Thunderbird is, so
far, no where near as good for news as for email. The only other
option I can think of among Debian packages is KNews, which I know
almost nothing about. On the whole, I suggest trying Pan first. IIRC,
it was intended to resemble Gravity in look and feel. And it's almost
half as good as Slrn. ;-)

-- 
PJR :-)

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