Guest cyberian_bear Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 so far linux mandrake has provided me with everything i need in terms of applications. However there is one thing that i would like to have--binary news grabber sort of like newsbin pro or sbnews. Searching through freashmeat and sourceforge I've found nothing that would help me. I'm posting here in the hopes that someone knows of the software that can help me. I am aware of the pan newsreader but it doesn't suit my needs very well. I've tried using some win apps with wine but that didn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 I'm not familiar with the programs you mentioned but if you use the KDE desktop there's an applet called KNewsTicker. It provides all kinds of stories from different sources. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cyberian_bear Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 sorry for not clarifying it but the programs I've mentioned can connect to the newsserver and donwload bainry attachments based on the wild cards that i specify. fo for example if I specify *.mp3 the program will download all the mp3 files froma particular newsgroup. Thank You very much for replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 Well.. there is a program called getbinnews. It even have an rpm version. I used it for a while but I hate the UI so I go back to pan for my binary newsgroup needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cyberian_bear Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 thank you so much. This is exactly what i was looking for--110%. I hate user interface of this proggie as well but that's nota problem for me thank you very much again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Languid_Heap Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 The best newsreader I've used on any platform is Pan. It's a gnome app, and it is awesome. I'm pretty sure it was included on the MDK 9 CDs but there's been a few updates since MDK was released. Give it a shot -- very good program. Newsbin Pro make me cringe in comparison :D -- LH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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