____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 26 June 2007 21:07 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, dapunka
> <dapunka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:16:11 -0700
> <1182885371.715346.134880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Since I started using Usenet, I've been doing it through Google Groups
>> - Iuse a cellphone as a modem and thought GG was the only way I could
>> do it... (yeah, I was wrong, etc etc).
>>
>> Anyway, I have a shell account on a *nix machine, which allows Usenet
>> access. But my problem (I've always got a damn problem), is that it's
>> all text-based, me ssh'ing into the *nix box and what have you. Peeps
>> in that community have recommended I use tin. But, having been a
>> mostly GUI-kinda guy for the last long long time, I'm a bit
>> intimidated(?) by tin's CLI. I've run man tin, mooched round on the
>> web for "users' guides and the like, and I still have that should-I-
>> shouldn't-I feeling.
>>
>> So... a bit of advice would be well appreciated here. Should I just
>> shelve my CLI-phobia and learn tin? Is there another CLI-based
>> reader, easier to get the hang of than tin yet offers similar
>> functionality? Can anyone help an old(ish) geezer with this
>> predicament?
>>
>> I look forward to seeing what you got to say.
>>
>
> I prefer slrn, myself. It's a [n]curses-based affair,
> which means it should be reasonably light on your network
> (as opposed to, say, remotely accessing knode or pan using
> an encrypted ssh tunnel).
Works well for me, unless some kids start streaming television over the
network. There are other Web-based gateways as well.
> You've already mentioned tin; trn and rn are (or should be)
> also available.
>
> slrn isn't all that gooey, of course, but I find it easy to use.
>
> (All this IMO.)
>
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