Re: Free / opensource text-only reader for linux - suggestions, please?

rodion_gork@mail.ru (RodionGork) writes:

But what about client?
>
1. I'm linux user so it should be available for linux

GNUS.

2. It shouldn't necessarily be mail client for its main purpose (I
tried claws but feel unsure about it for that sake)

GNUS does mail, nntp and some other things.

3. It would be good if it is lightweight enough (Thunderbird seems a
bit too fat already but not too much if you say it is definitely the
best choice).

GNUS probably is less fat than TB, but not having used TB for years,
that only is an uneducated guess.

4. It would be all right if it is works in text-mode lacking fancy
features for handling images and videos etc.

GNUS runs in Emacs, so if not using a stripped down Emacs build, TUI and
GUI will work.  In GUIy Emacs you even get images in HTML mail and
posts, but its HTML rendering still lacks many bells and whistles.  For
things like Hackaday's RSS gated via Gwene to NNTP it definitely is nice
enough.

I guess it is definitely possible to try downloading this and that and
something more and try setting them up etc - but perhaps someone with
similar situation can direct me with advice according to personal
experience? thanks in advance!

There is lots of help about GNUS available in Usenet or via mailing
lists (gated to NNTP via Gmane and Gwene) and for a not so serious
summary of GNUS read the signature.

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