Re: VSoup for Linux (?)
From: Christopher Robert Woods (chrisw@ime.net)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 14:34:14 -0500
>On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Stefan Kapusniak wrote:
>
>> In list.yarn, pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown) wrote:
>> >Is there a version of Yarn [planned] for Linux?
>>
>> Umm, apologies for being dense, but why Would you want one...?
>
>I can think of one reason - multi-OS users could use a Linux version of
>Yarn and share the same message base with Yarn on their other platforms.
>
>I use the DOS and OS/2 versions of Yarn here, and will probably also
>install the Win95 version as well. Right now, the DOS and OS/2 versions
>both share the same newsbase and mail folder, and that lets me read the
>same news amd keep the same folders and stuff regardless of which OS I'm
>currently using.
>
>> Why not use Leafnode or pnews/suck [if you don't want to muck about
>> setting up a full blown INN install] or an equivalent and use your
>> favourite Unix newsreader, say trn, to read from the resulting
>> local spool...?
>
>Actually, I prefer Yarn top slrn/tin/trn/Leafnode. I've not tried pnn/suck
>yet, tho. But the reason for wanting a Yarn port might be as simple as
>user preference. :-)
>
If for nothing else than the fact that yarn took me about 5-10mins to
setup, and about a day to really get a hang of. I had just come from
running my own stand alone linux box, using knews and suck. Not nice.
In the end, I probably would have benifited from learning them more,
but for stand alone systems, yarn kicks butt, IMHO. Especially for offline
mail, which isn't quite as easy to get setup as offline news. Least
in my 1 1/2 years of lovin' linux.
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Christopher Robert Woods chrisw@ime.net Go Patriots!