[Pan-users] can you run Pan 2 on anything but GNOME/Linux? (and how to donate?)

[David Chmelik]

I've used Pan since '00s: best NNTP newsreader ever.  However last year 
it started crashing for me in KDE5, so I tried TWM, XFCE, MATE... can't 
run Pan 2 in anything.  I can't run it in regular GNOME (rather than 
maybe MATE or compiling Cinnamon) because I use command-line, not an X 
display manager (GNOME requires gdm) and I heard GNOME forces you to use 
only one session (and I'm not going to exit a KDE or TWM session just 
for GNOME just for Pan.)
    The developers also didn't do the serious thing to list 
dependencies for real Unix (not just GNU/Linux) such as FreeBSD, etc.  
FreeBSD does have a package, but as it crashes all different ways in 
various window managers (WM)/desktop environments (DE) and when compiling.
    If one uses other POSIX-based OSes & X WM/DE, is there any way you 
can even run Pan anymore?
    A few years ago, I tried to donate $5, but it returned to me.  I 
tried again recently... hoping that goes through and that the current 
developers will take it seriously that there needs to be some effort 
porting/detailing for other common usage...
     NNTP/Usenet is my preferred way to get help (secondly IRC and 
web-forums) so I really hope I can use Pan again... no other NNTP 
newsreader comes anything close in quality/safety.