Users of desktop feed-reading application Liferea can be alerted to new RSS updates via the Ubuntu Messaging Menu thanks to a patch by the very cool Maia Kozheva.
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The patch is due to go upstream but for the time being you can install Liferea from the following .debs, available from Maia’s PPA.
First install this .deb: liferea-data_1.7.4-2~llfsyncfix1+sikon6_all.deb
Now choose the appropriate .deb for your system: