Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.raspberry-pi > #9481

Re: Recommended Newsreaders

Show all headers | View raw

A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
> Op 22-08-15 om 20:48 schreef ray carter:
> > 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.
> 
> I found the following console and graphical news readers:
> 
> canto - flexible ncurses Atom/RSS newsreader for the console
> cone - COnsole Newsreader and Emailer
> gnus - A versatile news and mail reader for Emacsen
> icedove - mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support
> knews - Graphical threaded news reader
> knode - graphical news reader
> lusernet.app - News reader for GNUstep
> nn - Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
> pan - newsreader based on GTK2, which looks like Forte Agent
> postnews - Post Usenet articles via NNTP from the command line
> slrn - threaded news reader (fast for slow links)
> tin - A full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader
> uqwk - Offline mail and news package creator (NNTP version)
> wl - mail/news reader supporting IMAP for emacsen
> xbuffy - monitor mailboxes and/or newsgroups
> xpn - graphical newsreader written in Python and GTK+ toolkit
> 
Of the console/text-mode ones above that I'm familiar with my comments
are as follows:-

    nn - Old, ancestor of many others, not sure if it's still actively supported.
    slrn - widely used, popular (for a console app)
    tin - still has active support, mouse aware, I use this

-- 
Chris Green
·

Back to comp.sys.raspberry-pi | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

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

csiph-web