News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Liferea, the reliable and lightweight Linux Feed Reader, released new major 2.0 version a day ago.
The new version of this more than 20 years old application is finally ported to GTK4 + LibAdwaita, with a modern user interface that’s well integrated with recent GNOME desktops.
For users of Liferea feed reader, new version 1.14.1 and 1.12.10 were released few days ago. All users are urged to upgrade due to an important security fix.
Liferea is a free open-source GTK3 feed reader that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface. It can synchronizes with Reedah, TinyTinyRSS, and Google Reader API.
Just few days ago, it release new point releases for its 1.14 and 1.12 release series with an important security fix.
It’s CVE-2023-1350 Remote code execution on feed enrichment.
If you have enabled “Extract full content from HTML5 and Google AMP” for one or more of your feed subscriptions it is possible for a an attacker to inject a script command that would run any command on your system.
All users are recommended to upgrade to the new release with this bug-fix.
Without the upgrade, user can alternatively disable “Extract full content from HTML5 and Google AMP” for all the feeds via following steps:
~/.config/liferea/feedlist.opml in an editorhtml5Extract="true" with an empty stringFor most Linux, Liferea is available to install as Flatpak package, that runs in sandbox.
Ubuntu users can also use the unofficial PPA, which so far supports for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Linux Mint 20/21, and their based systems.
1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then, install the Liferea package by running command:
sudo apt install liferea
Linux Mint user may have to run sudo apt update first to update cache.
The PPA also contains some other software packages, so you may remove it immediately after installed Liferea.
To do so, either run the command below in terminal, or remove the source line under “Other Software” tab in Software & Updates tool.
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
To remove the feed reader package, simply run command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove liferea-data liferea
That’s all. Enjoy!
Liferea, Linux Feed Reader, finally announced the new stable 1.14 release series! Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 22.10.
Liferea is a news aggregator that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface for easy organizing and browsing. It features offline reading, HTML 5 support, sync with Google Reader API, Reedah, and TinyTinyRSS.
The new 1.14.0 was released today as a new stable release, after more than 2 years of v1.13 series unstable development.
For the built-in browser, it has finally implemented support for Webkits Intelligent Tracking Protection. Youtube videos from media:video can be embedded now with a click on the video preview picture. And, there’s a new ‘Reader mode’ preference that allows stripping all web content.
The UI now is adaptive, that switches automatically between ‘Normal’ and ‘Wide’ mode when resizing the window width. Though, I personally prefer the old layout a bit more.
Other changes in Liferea 1.14.0 include:
For most Linux, Liferea is available to install as Flatpak package, though NOT updated at the moment of writing.
Ubuntu users can also use the unofficial PPA, which so far supports for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Linux Mint 20/21, and their based systems.
1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then, install the Liferea package by running command:
sudo apt install liferea
Linux Mint user may have to run sudo apt update first to update cache.
The PPA also contains some other software packages, so you may remove it immediately after installed Liferea.
To do so, either run the command below in terminal, or remove the source line under “Other Software” tab in Software & Updates tool.
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
To remove the feed reader package, simply run command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove liferea-data liferea
That’s all. Enjoy!
Liferea finally announced the first release candidate for the next stable release line 1.14. Here’s the new features and Ubuntu PPA packages.
Linux Feed Reader, Liferea in short, is a GTK3 new reader for Linux. It’s in the 1.13 pre-release series for more than 2 years, until released 1.14 RC1 few days ago.
The new release fixed an annoying bug that certain desktop environments or themes may make the pane invisible and hard to restore.
Now Liferea will never allow the panes to be smaller than 5% in height or width regarding to there orientation. If a pane is smaller than 5% height/width it will be set to 30% width or 50% height on startup.
Other changes in Liferea 1.14 rc1 include:
<media:description> field for Youtube feeds
Liferea with GNOME style header bar
For Ubuntu based user prefer the classic .deb package, here’s the unofficial PPA contains the new packages for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.
1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command below to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
2. Next, either update the feed reader from an existing release via “Software Updater” or run command below to install it:
sudo apt install liferea
NOTE: Linux Mint user need to first run sudo apt update to refresh package cache manually.
NOTE: Liferea still shows v1.13.9 in about dialog for unknown reason. Unknown if it’s building issue or a software bug, and I’ve report it to the project page.
For any issue, you may uninstall the PPA repository by running the command below in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
And remove the Liferea news reader either via your system package manager or by running command below in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove liferea liferea-data
Liferea feed reader and news aggregator released version 1.13.7 a few days ago as the latest development release.
Liferea is a GTK+3 news reader with an embedded web browser. It supports for reading articles offline, force fetch full article text using HTML5 extraction, and subscribing to HTML5 websites that do not even have a feed.
It may also permanently save headlines in news bins, and supports for synchronizing with “TinyTinyRSS”, “TheOldReader”, and “Reedah”.
The 1.13.7 release continues working on the ‘Reader mode’. User now can toggle on/off Reader mode by right-clicking on lower right HTML view area via context menu option. And, it now allows to convert TinyTinyRSS subscriptions to local scriptions.
Other changes in Liferea 1.13.7 include:
The RSS feed reader is available to install via universal Flatpak package.
Some users stick to the native deb package, so I uploaded it into may personal PPA for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 21.10 and derivatives, e.g., Linux Mint 20. Due to outdated dependency library, Ubuntu 18.04 is not supported in this PPA.
First, either search for and open terminal from start menu, or simply press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.
Since Ubuntu 20.04+ checks package updates automatically while adding PPA, you can now run command to install the feed reader:
sudo apt install liferea
or launch ‘Software Updater’ and upgrade the package from an old release. NOTE: some Ubuntu based systems may require to manually update cache via sudo apt update command first.
The PPA also contains some other software packages, so you may remove it after installing Liferea, by either running command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
or using “Software & Updates” utility under “Other Software” tab to manage all third-party repositories.
And to remove Liferea feed reader, use command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove liferea
Gnome Feeds, a free and open-source news reader with a neat user interface, now is available to install via Ubuntu PPA for those prefer the classic apt method.
Gnome Feeds is a GTK+3 application written in Python 3. It features a simple responsive user interface based on Purism’s libhandy library. Feeds can be added via URL address and support importing and exporting large feed collection from and to OPML.
The software has been made into main repositories since Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy. For request, I’ve uploaded the latest packages into the unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20, and Ubuntu 20.10, with Ubuntu 18.04 excluded as libhandy requires at least GTK 3.24.
NOTE: It’s recommended to install the official Flatpak package, while the PPA offers unofficial .deb binary package for choice.
1.) Open terminal from your system application launcher, then run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gfeeds
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2.) While adding PPA will automatically refresh the system package cache, you can then install the feed reader via command:
sudo apt install gnome-feeds
Once installed, launch it from system application launcher and enjoy!
To remove the feed reader, simply run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove gnome-feeds
And remove the PPA either using Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab, or run command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gfeeds
RSS Guard feed reader 3.8.0 was released today. The new release adds supporting for labels and basic CLI interface.
RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator based on Qt. It support online feed synchronization with:
RSS Guard 3.8.0 was released with following changes:
There’s no deb packages for the feed reader so far. It however offers official .Appimage for 64-bit Linux.
1. Download the .Appimage package from the github releases page.
2. Right click on the file, and go to its Properties dialog. Under ‘Permissions’ tab, tick the box which says “Allow executing file as program”.
3. Finally, right-click on the Appimage file and select “Run” to launch the application.
The feed reader is also available as Flatpak package, though it’s not been updated to v3.8.0 at the moment.
Liferea, Linux Feed Reader, released version 1.3.3 a few days ago with a lot of improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04.
Liferea 1.3.3 release highlights:
1.) Open terminal from application launcher and run command to add the unofficial PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type your password when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2.) Then check updates and install the news reader via commands:
sudo apt update sudo apt install liferea
or update the old package (if installed) via Software Updater utility:
As the PPA also contains many other applications, you may remove the PPA either via Software & Updates > Other Software, or by running command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
And remove the feed reader if want via command:
sudo apt remove liferea
This simple tutorial shows how to install Liferea feed reader 1.3.2 via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Linux Mint 20.
Liferea, stands for Linux Feed Reader, is a news reader for Gnome. The software is available in Ubuntu universe repository, but it’s old.
And here’s the PPA for the latest 1.3 development serious, which so far features:
1.) Open terminal from application launcher and run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type your password when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2.) Then check updates and install the news reader via commands:
sudo apt update sudo apt install liferea
or update the old package (if installed) via Software Updater utility:
As the PPA also contains many other applications, you may remove the PPA either via Software & Updates > Other Software, or by running command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
And remove the feed reader if want via command:
sudo apt remove liferea
NewFlash, spiritual successor to FeedReader, is a modern feed reader designed for the GNOME desktop.
NewsFlash is a program designed to complement an already existing web-based RSS reader account. It combines all the advantages of web based services like syncing across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop program: Desktop notifications, fast search and filtering, tagging, handy keyboard shortcuts and having access to all your articles as long as you like.
NewFlash so far support for:
The software officially is available as flatpak in Flathub repository for most Linux desktops.
Ubuntu 18.04 and higher can install it by running following commands one by one:
1.) Open terminal and run command to install flatpak framework in Ubuntu:
sudo apt install flatpak
2.) Add the flathub repository which hosts the flatpak package:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
3.) Finally install NewFlash via command:
flatpak install flathub com.gitlab.newsflash
When a new release is out, you can update the package by running command:
flatpak update com.gitlab.newsflash
(Optional) To remove the feed reader, run command:
flatpak uninstall com.gitlab.newsflash
