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NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:20:58 +0000
Subject: Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again
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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 06:20:53 -0700
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vallor wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:50:02 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
> wrote in <vosmtq$jcde$1@dont-email.me>:
> 
>> vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>>
>>> On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:48:30 -0500, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> <47r2rjl9jlr629og8qceqp8fgfhtmh5sv8@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> This would be why I use Forte Agent under Wine, why settle for hobbyware
>>>>>> BS like Pan?  Unix-like has terrific NNTP clients running in terminal,
>>>>>> but I have yet to see a GUI one worth anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pan works for me. If I want to run Windows stuff, I'll fire up the Windows
>>>>> laptop. It's been a while but iirc I have usenet set up in Thunderbird on
>>>>> Windows. It got weird on Linux and I switched to Pan.
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to like KNode but that's history now. Usenet gets no respect in
>>>>> KDE.
>>>>
>>>> My philosophy is to use the best, the latest, up-to-date, user-
>>>> friendly software for a given purpose.  It's pretty simple, other than
>>>> Usenapp for macOS, Forte Agent stands as a flagship GUI NNTP client,
>>>> native to Windows API but usable under Wine.  There's just no good
>>>> reason to put up with something less than.
>>>
>>> I've seen editor wars, and OS wars, but this is the first time
>>> I've seen some Usenet rando try to start a newsreader war.
>>
>> I use slrn. All other newsreaders suck ass.
>> I use mutt. All other email clients suck ass.
>>
>> I should add this:
>>
>>      ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
> 
> Oh yeah?  Well:
> 
> I fly spaceships in Elite Dangerous Odyssey.  All other games suck!
> 
doom was a game , heretic was a game , then there were no games any more