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Package: slrn (0.9.8.1pl1-28)

threaded news reader (fast for slow links)

Slrn is a threaded news reader with color support that is designed to read news fast over slow links.

Slrn can read usenet news via NNTP or directly from a local news spool.

Slrn can be heavily customized from its rc file, and even includes a built in macro language. There is also support for killfiles and article scoring.

Tags: User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Networking: Client, Network Protocol: NNTP, SSL/TLS, Role: Program

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  • dep: debconf
    Debian configuration management system
  • dep: debconf (>= 0.5)
    Debian configuration management system
    or debconf-2.0
    virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf
  • dep: debianutils (>= 1.13.1)
    Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.5-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libcanlock2 (>= 2b-1)
    library for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
  • dep: libgnutls13 (>= 1.4.0-0)
    the GNU TLS library - runtime library
  • dep: libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3)
    The S-Lang programming library - runtime version
  • sug: metamail
    implementation of MIME
  • sug: slrnpull
    pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 856.3 kB2380 kB [list of files]
amd64 831.2 kB2252 kB [list of files]
arm 810.3 kB2196 kB [list of files]
hppa 841.6 kB2256 kB [list of files]
i386 810.3 kB2208 kB [list of files]
ia64 941.0 kB2732 kB [list of files]
mips 840.8 kB2400 kB [list of files]
mipsel 838.6 kB2400 kB [list of files]
powerpc 823.1 kB2252 kB [list of files]
s390 837.5 kB2264 kB [list of files]
sparc 812.4 kB2220 kB [list of files]