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<h2 id="operation">Operation</h2> <p>slrn is fully controlled with the keyboard, and new messages are composed with an external <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>. </p> <h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>The slrn name derives from the use of <a href="/facts/S-Lang/VDBMRDf0">S-Lang</a> and its function to read news.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Usenet_newsreaders/pFwoNTCn">List of Usenet newsreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders/XDd2YTmw">Comparison of Usenet newsreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages/l3x4PXwn">List of free and open-source software packages</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://slrn.sourceforge.net">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/slrn/">Slrn</a> on <a href="/facts/SourceForge/lxYAgUAX">SourceForge</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Introduction to Usenet News and the slrn Newsreader". 1995-01-20. Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2015-10-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160512160602/http://alcor.concordia.ca/topics/netnews/slrn/intro/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160512160602/http://alcor.concordia.ca/topics/netnews/slrn/intro/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Reviewed and rated: the best Linux newsreaders". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2015-10-04. <a href="http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/reviewed-and-rated-the-best-linux-newsreaders-583539" target="_blank">http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/reviewed-and-rated-the-best-linux-newsreaders-583539</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Sery, Paul G. (1998). LINUX Network Toolkit. John Wiley & Sons. p. 533. ISBN 9780764531460. <a href="9780764531460" target="_blank">9780764531460</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>