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  usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 09:30 +0000
    Re: usenet news on android Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-03-09 10:57 +0000
      Re: usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 11:56 +0000
        Re: usenet news on android Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-03-09 15:38 +0000
          Re: usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 15:51 +0000
            Re: usenet news on android The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-09 19:02 +0000
      Re: usenet news on android Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-03-09 14:30 +0000
        Re: usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 16:42 +0000
          Re: usenet news on android Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-03-09 17:09 +0000
            Re: usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 17:28 +0000
          Re: usenet news on android Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-03-09 18:29 +0000
            Re: usenet news on android David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-03-09 19:18 +0000
      Re: usenet news on android Dave <dave@G4ugm.invalid> - 2026-03-09 20:29 +0000
    Re: usenet news on android Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-09 12:50 +0000
      Re: usenet news on android Dave <dave@G4ugm.invalid> - 2026-03-09 20:54 +0000
        Re: usenet news on android Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-11 08:40 +0000
    Re: usenet news on android RayG <x@invalid.net> - 2026-03-13 12:44 +0000
    Re: usenet news on android Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-04 13:41 +0000
      Re: usenet news on android nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-07-06 11:21 +0000

#39073 — usenet news on android

I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop 
around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.

In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone 
work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these 
newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options 
for android.

Has anyone any thoughts on this ?

Dave

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#39074

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:

> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>
> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
> effective options for android.
>
> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>

If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.

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#39075

On 09/03/2026 10:57, Richmond wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> 
>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>
>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>> effective options for android.
>>
>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>
> 
> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.

yes, its really horrid, well EMACS seems to be, and no GNUS for some reason


Dave

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#39078

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:

>>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>>
>>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>>> effective options for android.
>>>
>>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>>
>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
>
> yes, its really horrid, well EMACS seems to be, and no GNUS for some reason
>

I have emacs and gnus working. Note that you could with enough patience
set up your own key shortcuts to make life easier.

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#39079

On 09/03/2026 15:38, Richmond wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> 
>>>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>>>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>>>
>>>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>>>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>>>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>>>> effective options for android.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>>>
>>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
>>
>> yes, its really horrid, well EMACS seems to be, and no GNUS for some reason
>>
> 
> I have emacs and gnus working. Note that you could with enough patience
> set up your own key shortcuts to make life easier.
> 

I think this might be a steep learning curve. At present just trying tin 
on my PC which seems not too bad. The problem with EMACS is I haven't 
used it in so long I need to re-learn it..

Dave
p.s. thanks to everyone who suggested solutions. I will try them all......

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#39084

On 09/03/2026 15:51, David Wade wrote:
> The problem with EMACS is I haven't used it in so long I need to 
> re-learn it..
My problem with Emacs was akin to my problem with cocaine: people who 
used either seemed to be arrogant arseholes

-- 
"An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out 
only in others...”

Tom Wolfe

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#39077

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> 
> > I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
> > around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
> >
> > In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
> > phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
> > reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
> > effective options for android.
> >
> > Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
> >
> 
> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.

I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
laptop).  tin is still maintained.

-- 
Chris Green
·

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#39080

On 09/03/2026 14:30, Chris Green wrote:
> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>>
>>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>>> effective options for android.
>>>
>>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>>
>>
>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.

ok so no package for this, whats the best place to install from


> 
> I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
> laptop).  tin is still maintained.
> 

Did you build tin from scratch?  Do you have the build files?

Dave

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#39081

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:

>>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
>
> ok so no package for this, whats the best place to install from
>
>
>> I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
>> laptop).  tin is still maintained.
>> 
>
> Did you build tin from scratch?  Do you have the build files?
>
> Dave

I am not sure what you mean by a package. Presumably a package in
Termux? I installed Termux from F-droid I think. And then I installed
emacs from the Termux command line using:

pkg install emacs

and then I ran gnus with

emacs -f gnus

Also I installed openssh so I could transfer emacs config files via sftp.

If you don't have any news server configured you can use gnus-no-server
and then press B to prompt for one.

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#39082

On 09/03/2026 17:09, Richmond wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> 
>>>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>>>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
>>
>> ok so no package for this, whats the best place to install from
>>
>>
>>> I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
>>> laptop).  tin is still maintained.
>>>
>>
>> Did you build tin from scratch?  Do you have the build files?
>>
>> Dave
> 
> I am not sure what you mean by a package. Presumably a package in
> Termux? I installed Termux from F-droid I think. And then I installed
> emacs from the Termux command line using:
> 
> pkg install emacs
> 
> and then I ran gnus with
> 
> emacs -f gnus


I thats what I was missing. The GNUS manual suggests it sets up a link/alias

> 
> Also I installed openssh so I could transfer emacs config files via sftp.
> 

thats usefull as well

> If you don't have any news server configured you can use gnus-no-server
> and then press B to prompt for one.

ok.

Thanks
Dave

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#39083

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
> On 09/03/2026 14:30, Chris Green wrote:
> > Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
> >> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> >>
> >>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
> >>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
> >>>
> >>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
> >>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
> >>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
> >>> effective options for android.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
> >>>
> >>
> >> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
> >> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
> 
> ok so no package for this, whats the best place to install from
> 
> 
> > 
> > I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
> > laptop).  tin is still maintained.
> > 
> 
> Did you build tin from scratch?  Do you have the build files?
> 
Ah, no, I ssh from termux into my home system and run tin there.

-- 
Chris Green
·

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#39085

On 09/03/2026 18:29, Chris Green wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>> On 09/03/2026 14:30, Chris Green wrote:
>>> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>>>>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>>>>
>>>>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>>>>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>>>>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>>>>> effective options for android.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
>>>> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
>>
>> ok so no package for this, whats the best place to install from
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I have used tin on termux, it works OK. (I normally use tin on my
>>> laptop).  tin is still maintained.
>>>
>>
>> Did you build tin from scratch?  Do you have the build files?
>>
> Ah, no, I ssh from termux into my home system and run tin there.
> 
ok, my normal home system is Windows, but I have plenty of raspberry PIs 
so I can build a real Linux system...

Dave

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#39086

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> Wrote in message:

> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:
> 
>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>
>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my
>> phone work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in
>> reading these newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost
>> effective options for android.
>>
>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>
> 
> If you install Termux you can use a linux terminal based usenet
> client. I use Gnus but there are other simpler ones which might work.
> 

Just testing reply using 

Dave

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#39076

On 09/03/2026 09:30, David Wade wrote:
> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
> 
> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone
> work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these
> newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options
> for android.
> 
> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?

I use an old version of PiaoHong, but almost exclusively to read. A 
modification was made a couple of years ago by Alfio (in 
it.tlc.cellulari.android) which is an improvement.

You can download the (free) apk here:
<https://mega.nz/file/OEBjAK4A#-RfkwmqsrONXnL84PeiV74F1R8LHutjIeAAH8tnlFBQ>

-- 
Jeff

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#39087

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:

> On 09/03/2026 09:30, David Wade wrote:
>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>> 
>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone
>> work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these
>> newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options
>> for android.
>> 
>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
> 
> I use an old version of PiaoHong, but almost exclusively to read. A 
> modification was made a couple of years ago by Alfio (in 
> it.tlc.cellulari.android) which is an improvement.
> 
> You can download the (free) apk here:
> <https://mega.nz/file/OEBjAK4A#-RfkwmqsrONXnL84PeiV74F1R8LHutjIeAAH8tnlFBQ>
> 
> -- 
> Jeff
> 

Trying this now. Had to give it filestore permissions...

Dave

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#39089

On 09/03/2026 20:54, Dave wrote:
> Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:
> 
>> On 09/03/2026 09:30, David Wade wrote:
>>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop
>>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>>>
>>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone
>>> work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these
>>> newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options
>>> for android.
>>>
>>> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
>>
>> I use an old version of PiaoHong, but almost exclusively to read. A
>> modification was made a couple of years ago by Alfio (in
>> it.tlc.cellulari.android) which is an improvement.
>>
>> You can download the (free) apk here:
>> <https://mega.nz/file/OEBjAK4A#-RfkwmqsrONXnL84PeiV74F1R8LHutjIeAAH8tnlFBQ>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jeff
>>
> 
> Trying this now. Had to give it filestore permissions...
> 
> Dave

Seems to work. Maybe it's time I updated.

There is a later version (16) with new colours:
<https://mega.nz/file/GAwnTAaI#CshrBLtSl2smdcmHiBD0wdj-V409CJyq9nJ7IpQ0ooY>

-- 
Jeff

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#39114

On 09/03/2026 09:30, David Wade wrote:
> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop around with 
> me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
> 
> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone work 
> just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these newsgroups. 
> It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options for android.
> 
> Has anyone any thoughts on this ?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
PhoNews works well for me

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=phonews&c=apps&utm_source=emea_Med

-- 
Regards

RayG

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#39617

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> posted:

> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop 
> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
> 
> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone 
> work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these 
> newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options 
> for android.

Sorry if this is too late to be useful, but if you're travelling *outside*
the UK, one simple option is to use my web gateway at https://newsgrouper.org
One or two Android users have told me they find it preferable to the other
news clients available there.  It's only an option outside the UK because
the unfortunately-broad requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act make it
impractical for me to serve users in the UK.

-- 
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

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#39642

On Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:41:12 GMT, Colin Macleod
<user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

>David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> posted:
>
>> I am planning to go travelling so didn't want to be lugging a laptop 
>> around with me, so was thinking of taking an Android tablet.
>> 
>> In many ways its ideal. Most of the apps I struggle to read on my phone 
>> work just fine. The one thing that doesn't work at all in reading these 
>> newsgroups. It looks like there are no viable, cost effective options 
>> for android.
>
>Sorry if this is too late to be useful, but if you're travelling *outside*
>the UK, one simple option is to use my web gateway at https://newsgrouper.org
>One or two Android users have told me they find it preferable to the other
>news clients available there.  It's only an option outside the UK because
>the unfortunately-broad requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act make it
>impractical for me to serve users in the UK.
>

The site is readily available for me in the uk on Windows using
Firefox with its inbuilt VPN (defaulting to Germany).  Not tried it on
Android but should work as Firefox for Android has an inbuilt VPN too.


-- 
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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