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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:50:02 -0500
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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!

-- 
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
		-- Aristotle