Kevin wrote: > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
Knode (KDE newsreader) seems quite nice - been using it for a week now. Haven't worked out how to make scoring work yet, but everything else works fine. It knows about stuff like signatures when viewing/replying, threads messages and allows you to set up multiple filters etc. Still after battling with Netscape as a newsreader for a year or two, anything seems good!
It is in rpm format (within kdenetwork...rpm) with the standard Mandrake 7.2 dist.
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Jim Zubb wrote: > In article <SP2l6.112916$B6.26957...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "Kevin" > <n...@dot.com> wrote:
> > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> If you are running gnome desktop Pan is the best. It is located at > pan.rebelbase.com
> No idea about KDE solutions.
> > PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
> Yes, and deb, and tarfile.
> However you will most likely need to install Helix Gnome to get the > latest version working. Details are at the pan webpage.
> James
You can also try Pine, which is fast, elegant, and reads newsgroups perfectly. While Pan is a pretty good newsreader, i find it very cluttered, especially that mess of a buttonbar
And where is the setting for defining how many headers will be downloaded? When I told Pan to get all headers and messages from this group it grabbed 1410 headers. I wanted just the last 100. Where do I set something like this?
In article <la8l6.114720$B6.27012...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "kevinduc"
<d...@news.com> wrote: > Pan looks good so far but I what to change the font settings inside the > message body display and I can't find where. Can someone point this out > to me?
> In article <MPG.14ff1645ab3d8c60989...@news.demon.co.uk>, "Nick Gordon" > <ni...@mantech.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <jt3l6.24254$el1.144...@e420r-sjo3.usenetserver.com>, on >> Wed,
>> 21 Feb 2001 23:49:55 -0800, Jim Zubb said... >>> In article <SP2l6.112916$B6.26957...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "Kevin" >>> <n...@dot.com> wrote:
>>> > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something >>> > that has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
>>> If you are running gnome desktop Pan is the best. It is located at >>> pan.rebelbase.com
>>> No idea about KDE solutions.
>>> > PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
>>> Yes, and deb, and tarfile.
>>> However you will most likely need to install Helix Gnome to get the >>> latest version working. Details are at the pan webpage.
In article <Id8l6.114764$B6.27013...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "kevinduc"
<d...@news.com> wrote: > And where is the setting for defining how many headers will be > downloaded? When I told Pan to get all headers and messages from this > group it grabbed > 1410 headers. I wanted just the last 100. Where do I set something like > this?
> > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> > PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
> Knode (KDE newsreader) seems quite nice - been using it for a week now. > Haven't worked out how to make scoring work yet, but everything else works > fine. It knows about stuff like signatures when viewing/replying, threads > messages and allows you to set up multiple filters etc. Still after > battling with Netscape as a newsreader for a year or two, anything seems > good!
> It is in rpm format (within kdenetwork...rpm) with the standard
> > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> > PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
> Knode (KDE newsreader) seems quite nice - been using it for a week now. > Haven't worked out how to make scoring work yet, but everything else works > fine. It knows about stuff like signatures when viewing/replying, threads > messages and allows you to set up multiple filters etc. Still after > battling with Netscape as a newsreader for a year or two, anything seems > good!
> It is in rpm format (within kdenetwork...rpm) with the standard Mandrake > 7.2 dist.
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In article <SP2l6.112916$B6.26957...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "Kevin"
<n...@dot.com> wrote: > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
> -- > kd
Tho I'm using Pan 0.9.3 now - I still frequently run FreeAgent under Wine. Codeweavers version of Wine is very good. If you try it, remember to use the --managed switch.
> In article <SP2l6.112916$B6.26957...@news1.rdc1.md.home.com>, "Kevin" > <n...@dot.com> wrote:
> > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
> > PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
> > -- > > kd
> Tho I'm using Pan 0.9.3 now - I still frequently run FreeAgent under > Wine. Codeweavers version of Wine is very good. If you try it, remember > to use the --managed switch.
What he said... FreeAgent runs perfectly under wine. I use Netscape for general news and posting (like right now), and Agent for grouped saves and multipart binaries. Try it, you'll like it.
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:02:10 GMT, "Kevin" <n...@dot.com> wrote: > Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that > has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
Run Agent under Wine. I do, it's a bit sluggish starting up but otherwise seems to work ok.
And it means you can use the same app whether in Windows or Linux, which can be quite handy at times.
AB> Kevin wrote: >> Where can I find a descent Usenet newsreader for Linux? Something that >> has at least the same functionality as FreeAgent.
>> PS, I hope it's in a *.rpm distributed format.
AB> Knode (KDE newsreader) seems quite nice - been using it for a week now. AB> Haven't worked out how to make scoring work yet, but everything else AB> works fine. It knows about stuff like signatures when viewing/replying, AB> threads messages and allows you to set up multiple filters etc. Still AB> after battling with Netscape as a newsreader for a year or two, anything AB> seems good!
AB> It is in rpm format (within kdenetwork...rpm) with the standard Mandrake AB> 7.2 dist.
Its also in the KDE-2.1 release. I haven't tried it personally *yet* but a friend gave it rave reviews last nite. Now if it can be scripted like THOR can be...
