Keith Barrett wrote: > Still looking for a reader to read text newsgroups. > > Has anyone used slrn with speakup? > > Following the previous messages, I did try using apt-get to install trn > but seems it is no longer part of debian? > Hi, trn is quite old and is probably no longer supported. I suspect slrn is the same. I would suggest either tin or alpine, both of which should be in Debian. I think Alpine is only in unstable. It isn't on Etch anyway. tin has been around for a very long time and is generally friendly and easy to use. I used pine a long time ago and also found it friendly, but pine is non-free and has been replaced by Alpine. If you wish to keep local copies of any particular newsgroups, also look into suck and leafnode. Since you probably won't want to download every article from most newsgroups, use either tin with the -r switch or rtin to access a remote nntp server. Note that Google Groups is not a news server, it's a web gateway to newsgroups.
