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Re: Recommended Newsreaders

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Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote:
> In article <mrame8$bjl$1@dont-email.me>, ERSHC  <ershc123@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> >On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:28:48 -0700, RRansil <ransil@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> Are there any newsreaders particularly suitable for Raspbian? What do 
> >> you recommend for a novice Linux user? (I looked at the slrn website and 
> >> found it completely daunting: I know nothing about compiling software.)
> >
> >Be not afraid, Ray. Installing slrn is as easy as typing 
> >$ sudo apt-get install slrn
> >It just works. (Well, I did have to run apt-get update first).
> >You do need to set your nntp server in the appropriate place.
> 
> You may want to download and run leafnode, which makes a local cache
> of the newsgroups you read, and does batch updates to the far-away 
> newsserver.
> 
> Works wonders for me, posting this from an arm chromebook on a 
> crowded airport bus.
> 
Yes, it's what I do.  It's very handy if you use more than one remote
nntp news-server as it talks to all of them in the background and you
can just tell your newsreader to use the local leafnode server.

-- 
Chris Green
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Recommended Newsreaders RRansil <ransil@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-22 11:28 -0700
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-08-22 18:48 +0000
    Re: Recommended Newsreaders "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-08-23 09:46 +0200
      Re: Recommended Newsreaders cl@isbd.net - 2015-08-23 10:13 +0100
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 14:54 -0400
    Re: Recommended Newsreaders Björn Lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 20:57 +0200
      Re: Recommended Newsreaders The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-23 02:07 +0100
        Re: Recommended Newsreaders "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-08-23 09:02 +0200
        Re: Recommended Newsreaders Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-08-23 12:10 +0200
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders mick <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-22 18:54 +0000
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders removemefirst.Alan.Ianson@f757.n153.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Ianson) - 2015-08-22 12:34 +1200
    Re: Recommended Newsreaders alister <alister@nospam.com> - 2015-08-23 10:05 +0000
    Re: Recommended Newsreaders Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-08-23 12:08 +0200
      Re: Recommended Newsreaders removemefirst.Alan.Ianson@f757.n153.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Ianson) - 2015-08-23 10:14 +1200
      Re: Recommended Newsreaders pippo2@disney.com (Jack) - 2015-09-04 08:39 +0200
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders ERSHC <ershc123@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-22 20:35 +0000
    Re: Recommended Newsreaders Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-08-23 12:13 +0200
      Re: Recommended Newsreaders cl@isbd.net - 2015-08-23 12:46 +0100
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-22 23:54 +0100
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders RRansil <ransil@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-23 10:11 -0700
  Re: Recommended Newsreaders I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-24 18:57 +0000

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