From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NjyEt-0001Iy-Ch for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:08:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E526E0CE0 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB2BCE0E04 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb19 with SMTP id 19so525356gwb.40 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:15:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=4GLbGdIJw9LVfhNsSjFaeVWdy/Lu9M2zeBILgPz4mM8=; b=wfDk4OFmzvBPxloa9hI9ozlcx0QVyFIiH5ie32xhlQTlXGmGqZVbt0sW3WhwVJ/EtM g0qXKNKTQC8lM5hF3FEcWjAUebjGUId1SWxaQ4ba2Q+OmOzKEDVuR+Bq6RoCnTevwxY3 QxtIB9oI+qaWjJUbUOEdXh07jd7ubzOyE2SJA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=AVfVea+TYID1Kl95o3wGXqTO9LDFENgkfV5u7DLZbAV//XMfM+AIhFIn/x4Xyp4hKO VF73vsb8GcILaIJeeuf6OVIuDaQe307E3w0zarOQfi6Nq3yUFg5TA3FwsvH+jG2xF3Ls 84RSyKSLoScNjl4AAgc+yG9FUooZresDgEp7E= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.239.13 with SMTP id m13mr320636ybh.242.1266941718090; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:15:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <67701443-6E08-476C-AF00-5F6BB156E643@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <67701443-6E08-476C-AF00-5F6BB156E643@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:15:18 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f97972b68fd0db0b Message-ID: <58965d8a1002230815t10d15a67u19744dbd2fc9cd0e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 18f3fed1-ede2-48a3-959e-66411222f22c X-Archives-Hash: deb7a3ca40ece99173df8d7c7da12ada On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Stroller wrote: > Some comments were made recently about KDE4, where it was advised "don't try > using just Kmail under a different window manager - use the whole KDE > environment, but not single apps. Use something else instead of Kmail". > > I kept my gob somewhat shut at that time, because I've been using Knode for > a long time on my headless server. I ssh in from my Mac and open Knode in > X11. > > I guess Usenet isn't so popular these days, and I have never been able to > find a Mac native client that I'm happy with. > > I like Knode's simple 3-pane layout. Knode has improved visually with the > KDE4 release, but the much debated KDE4 dependencies thing. > > It has only just occurred to me today to ask if there's an alternative that > looks & acts just the same, but which isn't part of the whole KDE4 > environment. > > Any suggestions? For textual usenet i use mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird. For binary usenet I use net-nntp/bnr2.