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Package: slrn (1.0.0~pre11-1)

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: libc6 (>= 2.3.4) [hppa, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [amd64, armel, i386, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.4) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
    dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha]
  • dep: libcanlock2 (>= 2b-1)
    library for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
  • dep: libgnutls26 (>= 2.5.9-0)
    the GNU TLS library - runtime library
  • dep: libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1)
    The S-Lang programming library - runtime version
  • dep: libuu0
    Library for decoding/encoding several popular file encodings
  • sug: metamail
    implementation of MIME
  • sug: slrnpull
    pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server

Download slrn

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 792.1 kB2268 kB [list of files]
amd64 783.5 kB2184 kB [list of files]
armel 744.2 kB2068 kB [list of files]
hppa 770.2 kB2108 kB [list of files]
i386 765.0 kB2132 kB [list of files]
ia64 858.9 kB2560 kB [list of files]
mips 778.1 kB2256 kB [list of files]
mipsel 776.7 kB2256 kB [list of files]
powerpc 784.1 kB2160 kB [list of files]
s390 812.3 kB2236 kB [list of files]
sparc 783.5 kB2204 kB [list of files]