Re: Linux victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the greatest PC software available

On 5/8/2024 9:17 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

For what it's worth, I've just abandoned Betterbird and Thunderbird for
Usenet since I am convinced that a bug in the software is responsible for
the Usenet problems I've been having of late. Good old Pan works fine with
Blocknews, but everything else seems to have trouble negotiating a
connection.

The only connection problems I'm having lately are with Blocknews.  It drops connections, and then often won't accept reconnection requests unless you restart Betterbird.
This never happens with eternal-september, but it's just so slow.

I've decided to just use a web app for my e-mail (which gives
me a more direct access to how the server will handle my e-mail anyway),
and Pan for Usenet rather than bundle both services in one app.

I tried Pan Windows recently, but it wasn't long before a graphics glitch ruined it: entire panels were replaced by all black overlays that came and went.  And it doesn't show the article number (order received in TBird/BBird).  And it doesn't have the 'vertical layout' I like.  For me it's way lacking compared to TBird/BBird.