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Re: NewsRover

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From Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: NewsRover
Date Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:17:33 +0000
Organization Keep Usenet Newsgroups Alive!!
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On 17/11/16 10:07, dlbendigo wrote:
> A customised version of NewsRover for  Windows is
> available from Thundernews.  It seems not to allow
> subscription to specific lists, but only to topics.  It is
> a bit like a newsgroup browser.  It could be useful
> some times, but I don't know of anything similar
> for Linux.

Run it on Wine.

Those programs are focused on topics as their main aim is downloading 
software shared in the posts, not actually taking part in discussion.

For a time (or probably still, I haven't looked) this dodgy software 
sharing aspect was was the main attraction of usenet.

-- 
Adrian C

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NewsRover dlbendigo  <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2016-11-17 21:07 +1100
  Re: NewsRover Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-11-17 17:17 +0000
    Re: NewsRover Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-11-19 12:01 -0500
      Re: NewsRover Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-11-29 23:12 +0000

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