Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control

On 2025-03-25, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2025-03-24 15:57, Joel wrote:

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
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I'm using Forte Agent under Wine [in Linux], but you see, that's for Usenet,

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Which is basically an admission that Linux isn't up to the job.

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Nope.

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Yup.
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There are GUI newsreaders for Linux, but also console ones that
are superb.

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And yet you choose not to use them.
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I like Agent because I used it for years and years before
using Linux all the time.  It doesn't imply Linux can't run something
equally good, in fact it's running Agent itself thanks to Wine.  How
is that "not up to the job", pray tell, Alan

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It's running it under emulation.
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You're using computer resources to emulate Windows...
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...and you can't see how that relates to your need to spend more on RAM,
etc.

 At one time Agent was a good program but it's a fossil these days.
The spell checker is way behind the times.
The configuration in the latest version is a nightmare and spread out all over
the place and basic items are not easy to find.
 Why run a very outdated program when Linux offers better alternatives?
Try PAN or Thunderbird.
 p.s I get it if the OP has a zillion messages saved and wants access to them.