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Linux RSS Reader Liferea Updates with Better Performance, New Features

Tiny RSS support has been added to Liferea 1.8

A large portion of you reading this post will be doing so in the Linux RSS reader app ‘Liferea’.

The good news for you folks, as well as anyone else looking to read their RSS feeds through a desktop client, is that a new version of the application was recently released.

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Desktop RSS Ticker ‘News’ Adds a PPA

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Nifty desktop-based RSS scroller/ticker ‘News’ has muscled in on the PPA business, adding a repository for users to easily install and receive updates from. Preferences The extensive selection of customizable options, accessible via the preferences window, will please even the most ardent of tweakers. Download Available for Ubuntu Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04, [...]

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RSS applet ‘Feed Indicator’ fixes browser opening bug

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A bug in panel-bound RSS applet ‘Feed Indicator’ which saw feed items open in a users browser just by hovering over them has been fixed in its most recent update released this weekend.

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Desktop Google Reader app ‘Read me’ adds twitter, read it later support

The “uniquely” designed desktop Google Reader application ‘read Me’ has updated, chucking in integration with ‘Twitter’ and ‘Read it later’.

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Read-Me: Google Reader app for the Ubuntu Desktop

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Bored of being browser-bound when reading your RSS feeds? Check out Read-Me: a dedicated Google-reader app for the Ubuntu desktop.

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Feed Indicator: A new RSS applet for your panel

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A new panel-based RSS reader has been released for feed-fanatics to get their fix from.

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RSS-Aware indicator adds ‘quit’ button, but still no ‘clear all’

RSS AWARE in Ubuntu

An updated version of RSS-aware – an indicator applet for displaying and alerting you to new news items in given feeds – is available for download.

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NowSpide: New desktop RSS reader in development

NowSpide is a shiny modern desktop RSS reader in development by Siyan Panayotov, whom many will know as the hands behind lightweight image viewer ViewNior.

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News – Scrolling RSS ticker for your desktop

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from your favourite feeds directly on your desktop with News – an Open Source RSS ticker.

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RSS notification Indicator adds new features

RSS Aware is a useful tool for people who love to stay abreast of the latest news as and when it happens.

See what’s new and find the download link by clicking ‘read more’.

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RSS-Aware puts feed updates on your panel (Indicator-RSS anyone?)

Indicator-RSS? Well, almost! RSS-Aware is a panel only indicator-applet for staying up-to-date with the latest updates from your favourite sites.

Download instructions, install details & a pretty picture are behind the ‘continue reading’ button…

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Naufrago! RSS reader is basic but competent

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Nothing comes close in terms of awe and ease as Google’s very own online RSS reader ‘Google Reader’. Despite this many users still use desktop based solutions. Liferea is perhaps the most well known desktop Linux RSS reader but other options are available – RSSowl being a well known alternative to Liferea. With not exactly [...]

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