Topic: rss

NewsFlash 3.0 Released with Slick New Look

A new version of Linux RSS client NewsFlash is out – and newsflash: it’s looking good! I’ve written about this app in detail in the past so I won’t cover its core feature set in […]

22 September 2023
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NewsFlash RSS Reader Has Been Ported to GTK 4

NewsFlash is a GTK-based RSS reader for Linux desktops — now it's even better thanks to libadwaita, FreshRSS support, and new settings.

25 September 2022
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Updated: NewsFlash is an Awesome RSS Feed Reader for Linux

NewsFlash is an RSS feed reader client for Linux. Built in GTK, NewsFlash integrates well with the GNOME Shell desktop. Learn more about its features.

16 August 2021

Meet GNOME Feeds, a GTK RSS Reader for Linux

Feeds is an RSS reader for Linux desktop built using GTK. Aadd an RSS feed and let the app fetch new articles. You can also save posts to read offline.

23 August 2019
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Linux Release Roundup: Fedora 30, Geary + More

We roundup another batch of recent Linux releases, including updates to the Geary email client, Raven RSS reader and the latest Fedora 30 release.

30 April 2019
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Raven: An Open Source Desktop RSS Reader

Raven is a new open source RSS reader app for Windows, macOS and Linux that I’ve been eager to try out. This week I finally found some time to dig into this deliciously well designed […]

5 December 2018
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Is Liferea Feed Reader Still the Best RSS App on Ubuntu?

We take a look at the Liferea feed reader for Linux, show you how to install it on Ubuntu from a PPA, and ask if it's the best RSS reader available for Linux.

8 December 2017
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Feed the Monkey is an Open-Source TinyTinyRSS Desktop Client

FeedTheMonkey is an open-source desktop feed reader for the open-source TinyTinyRSS service.

12 March 2017
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News is a Promising New RSS Reader for the Linux Desktop

It’s been a little while since we last heard anything about News, a GTK RSS reader app for the GNOME desktop. But, a few weeks ago, the feed reader app’s developer shared a short video of how the […]

6 March 2017

How To Add Live Bookmarks to Firefox

Firefox live bookmarks are a handy way to stay on top of the latest posts from your favourite websites (cough, cough), without needing to use a dedicated feed reading app or service like Feedly. They will certainly help you stay on top of […]

24 February 2017
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Roundup of Recent App Updates: Harmony, Komorebi, Alduin

Read on for a weekly round up of recent Linux app updates that weren’t quite juicy enough to merit their own dedicated post. Word of warning: if you’re averse to Electron apps, best look away now. […]

12 February 2017
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Recent Linux App Updates Round-Up, incl Temps and Vivaldi

A number of nifty Linux apps we’ve written about previously have shared some updates over the past few days. Rather than write about each of them individually we thought we’d round-up them up into one […]

19 December 2016
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Alduin is an Open-Source Desktop RSS Reader for Linux

On the look out for a clean, modern and open-source desktop RSS reader app for Linux? I know I am, so I was excited to come across Alduin. Alduin is a simple RSS (and Atom) feed aggregator that’s billed […]

27 November 2016

Tickr Is An Open-Source RSS News Ticker for Linux Desktops

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Alright, so the app we’re highlighting today isn’t quite the binary version of an old newspaper seller. But it is a great way to have the latest news brought to you, […]

5 June 2015

Instapaper, Pocket Support Added to Linux RSS App Lightread

DesktopRSS app Lightread now supports two of the most popular 'read it later' services: 'Pocket' and 'Instapaper'. Both services, which claim to have some 5.5 million users between them, boast Kindle, Android, iOS and web apps that give its users on-the-go access to their stashed stories.

1 August 2012
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Is LightRead the Best RSS App for Ubuntu? We Go Hands On…

Of all of the Ubuntu App Showdown apps that we wrote about over the last three weeks, none has been as hotly anticipated as Google Reader app 'LightRead'. Here's a hands-on look at what it can do, what it can't, and how you can get it.

9 July 2012

Ubuntu App Showdown: Rise of the RSS Clients

With just six days left for app developers to craft their submissions for the Ubuntu App Showdown, Amongst the massive response thus far known, one type of application has proved particularly popular: RSS clients. Below I highlight four such entries, all of which, in just over one weeks time, will be available to install through the Ubuntu Software Center.*

3 July 2012
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Linux RSS Reader Liferea Updates with Better Performance, New Features

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.

23 December 2011