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From: ray carter <ray@zianet.com>
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Subject: Re: Recommended Newsreaders
Date: 22 Aug 2015 18:48:26 GMT
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On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:28:48 -0700, RRansil wrote:

> Are there any newsreaders particularly suitable for Raspbian? What do
> you recommend for a novice Linux user? (I looked at the slrn website and
> found it completely daunting: I know nothing about compiling software.)
> 
> Ray

I have not tried it on the rpi, but I've used pan for a long time on 
other Debian systems - you might give it a shot if you're looking for a 
gui based one.

Doing a quick search of the repositories on my main system, there are 
also several console readers: cone, nn(curses based), tin.