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

On Sat, 18 May 2024 10:04:37 -0400, DFS wrote:

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.

It doesn't seem to be a problem with Blocknews as much as with Betterbird/
Thunderbird. If you use Pan, you'll notice that the server works as it
should whereas with the birds, whether in Linux or Windows, you get a ton
of problems.

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.

Yep, it's fast but full of bugs. However, it IS open-source and this kind
of stuff should be expected. It's also very dated compared to the latest
source. For all we know, the bugs are fixed by now.