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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: NewsRover |
| Date | 2016-11-19 12:01 -0500 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1611191200460.22411@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <CjfXz.505068$kv6.449804@fx02.fr7> <e9671eFcqm4U1@mid.individual.net> |
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Adrian Caspersz wrote: > 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. > And places like Thundernews get their customers from that pool. It was never the main attraction to usenet, but for many people (too many) it was the attraction. Michael
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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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