Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

[Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com>]

John Hasler <jhasler <at> debian.org> writes:

> 
> Amit writes:
> > Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline.
> 
> I doubt anyone uses a command-line newsreader but many use text-only
> newsreaders such as slrn and trn.  I use gnus, which can be either
> text-only on a console or GUI in X.
> 
> > I'm using an old laptop with debian and I read a lot of news everyday and
> > loading the websites seems such a pain and slow process.
> 
> What do Web sites have to do with news?

News websites such as cnn, news.com, nytimes, etc. They have too many graphics
and ads which are not necessary. I guess I'm just looking for a more efficient
may to read the news.