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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:11:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hm09k6$fke$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67701443-6E08-476C-AF00-5F6BB156E643@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>

On 02/23/2010 07:42 AM, 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?

I'm on KDE4 but I use Thunderbird for both Usenet (including this 
mailing list through GMane's "mailing-list-to-Usenet" interface) and 
email.  I like the simplicity and using only one app for both.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-23 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-23  5:42 [gentoo-user] Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode Stroller
2010-02-23  9:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 22:58   ` Stroller
2010-02-23  9:29 ` Peter Ruskin
2010-02-23  9:16   ` ubiquitous1980
2010-02-23 22:57     ` Stroller
2010-02-23 22:51   ` Stroller
2010-02-23 10:11 ` Nikos Chantziaras [this message]
2010-02-23 10:26   ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 11:39     ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 11:48       ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 12:18         ` Mick
2010-02-23 13:09         ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 15:45         ` Grant Edwards
2010-02-25 21:45         ` Frank Steinmetzger
2010-02-25 22:33           ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 13:08       ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 14:59         ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 15:15           ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 16:25             ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 17:42               ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 19:22                 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-02-23 20:06                   ` Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
2010-02-23 22:29                     ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-24  0:55               ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-23 15:48         ` Grant Edwards
2010-02-23 16:52           ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 18:33             ` Grant Edwards
2010-02-23 19:36               ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 22:32                 ` Grant Edwards
2010-02-23 23:02                   ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-23 16:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2010-02-25  4:32 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«

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