Robert J. Bell: >> How will google groups help me fine the packages available in Fedore Core >> and extras? Paul Smith: > I thought that your goal is to post and read the newsgroups. With > Google Groups you can do that, without having to install any package > on your computer. Google wouldn't help with: Private news servers, off-line news, working in an environment that doesn't mangle the content or encourage crap quoting styles (or lack of quoting)... -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.