OT - Free Linux Newsreader?

In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

wrote:
In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

There's been a lot of newsreader discussion in the alt.os.linux.ubuntu
forum - you may want to look at the history there. Like here, many of
the discussions devolve into insults and name calling, but there is a
lot of good info nonetheless. -RL

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Rob Lindauer - Please change "att" to "sbc" for my real email address

On Jan 28, 5:07*pm, Rob Lindauer wrote:
wrote:
In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? *Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. *So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

There's been a lot of newsreader discussion in the alt.os.linux.ubuntu
forum - you may want to look at the history there. *Like here, many of
the discussions devolve into insults and name calling, but there is a
lot of good info nonetheless. *-RL

Cool, thanks. Will do.

On Jan 28, 3:58*pm, " wrote:
In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? *Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. *So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

You might want to try the Ubuntu Forums :-

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=73

Hope this helps you.

Lewis.

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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:58:38 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

Dear Dan,

Long list of Linux newsreaders and links to downloads:
http://www.newsreaders.com/unix/clients.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

On Jan 28, 3:58 pm, " wrote:
In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.


Pan is a rather good Agent clone.

In a terminal:

sudo apt-get install pan

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" wrote:

In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try
out a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for
something I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has
to be free, work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as
I like the GG interface.

Any suggestions?

There are many. I'd recommend using Gnus if you are comfortable with
Emacs as a text editor. Otherwise Pan (a GNOME newsreader) or slrn.

Here's a great place to start looking at the list of available
newsreaders for GNU/Linux:

http://www.newsreaders.com/unix/clients.html

On 2009-01-28, wrote:

In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

Not sure what this has to do with bicycles, but I use "slrn"
http://slrn.sourceforge.net/

I don't use ubuntu, but IIRC ubuntu is debian-based, so something like
"apt-get install slrn" ought to download and install it for you.

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John )

On Jan 28, 3:36*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:58:38 -0800 (PST), "

wrote:
In light of my issues "honoring the signiture seperator" I'm
considering trying out a newsreader on my Linux (eeebuntu, which is a
netbook version of ubuntu, which is a Gnome platform) netbook.

New PC, new OS (I've used Linux but not this version), why not try out
a new newsreader too? *Thing is, I'm not willing to pay for something
I can access just fine for free via a browser. *So it has to be free,
work on Linux, and I have to like it at least as much as I like the GG
interface.

Any suggestions?

Dear Dan,

Long list of Linux newsreaders and links to downloads:
*http://www.newsreaders.com/unix/clients.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Newsreaders too, Carl? If your 401k has taken it in the shorts you
should consider selling subscriptions to your bookmarks.html.

tf

I use Mozilla Thunderbird for text newsgroups and Pan for groups with
attachments.

While there is a lot to be said for the various character based readers
from the point of simplicity and reduced footprint, I have found over
the years I have become pretty much a point and click person, only
venturing to the command line interface for maintenance purposes.


Marcus