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Package: trn (3.6-18.1) [non-free]

Threaded USENET news reader, based on rn

trn is the most widely-used newsreader on USENET - even to the point of being a de-facto standard. It has a powerful full screen text mode user interface, where most actions are available at the press of a single key. It is highly configurable.

This version of trn reads news from a news server via NNTP (the Network News Transfer Protocol). You must have a news server available - large sites usually provide a site-wide server.

If you install a news server on your system (either containing just local newsgroups or with a partial or full USENET feed) you can configure trn to access it.

Tags: Networking: Client, Network Protocol: NNTP, Role: Program, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI

Packages providing trn

trn4
Threaded USENET news reader, based on rn (4.0 beta test)

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i386 208.3 kB516 kB [list of files]
powerpc 232.3 kB576 kB [list of files]