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QuiteRSS Feed Reader 0.16.0 Released with Enhancement

Last updated: May 26, 2014

QuiteRSS is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader aims to be quite fast and comfortable to user. It’s written in Qt/С++, available for Linux, Windows, OS X, OS/2.

The latest QuiteRSS 0.16.0 was released on May 24th with following new features added:

Case-insensitive filters, news searching and feed sorting
Regular expressions support in user’s filters
Multiselect feeds
Ability to set style table for news (Options->Feeds)
News style “Rstyle_v1.2.css”
Button “Share” in browser toolbar
Option “View->Show/Hide->Status panel”
Feed option “RTL” (“Display” tab)
Feed option “Enable JavaScript” (“Display” tab)
Ability to add action “Create backup” to toolbar
Shortcut and button “Save page to DB instead of news description”

The new release also did some visual tweaks on UI and now it saves path to folder of the last backup. According to the changelog, there are some bug-fixes:

Data loss
Opening links in external browser (Unix)
Displaying incorrect time with consideration of local time
Application autostart (PortableApps)
Processing some feeds when authorizing using cookie

Install QuiteRSS in Ubuntu:

The new release will be available in the maintainer’s PPA for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 12.04.

To install it, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install quiterss

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Install QuiteRSS News Reader via PPA in Ubuntu Linux Mint

Last updated: January 3, 2014

QuiteRSS is an open-source RSS/Atom news feeds reader available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2. It’s written in Qt/С++, aims to be quite fast and comfortable.

QuiteRSS has below features:

Feed and news filters: new, unread, starred, deleted (for news until restart application)
User filters
Proxy configuration: automatic or manual
Feed import wizard: Search feed URL if site URL was entered
Embedded browser (Webkit core)
Mark news starred
Automatic update feeds: on startup, by timer
Automatic cleanup on close using criterias
Enable/Disable images in news preview
Ability to quickly hide feed tree (for comfortable viewing)
Open feed or news in own tab
Quick news filter and quick search in browser
Sound / Popup notification on new news
Show new or unread news counter on tray icon
Minimize on system tray: on start, on close, on minimize
Import/Export feeds (OPML-files)
Portable (Windows)
Free working set (Windows)
Shortcuts
Open-source

So far, this latest release is QuiteRSS 0.14.2 (30 Dec 2013), which contains below changes:

Added: Option “Options->Browser->Load images”
Added: Feed option “Disable update”
Added: Shortcuts for main browser actions
Added: Setting for text and background colors of focused feed
Added: Language: Finnish
Changed: Load feed’s favicon from main webpage
Changed: Process “dc:date” while parsing feed
Changed: Mouse gestures. Jump to news description if there is no previous page on back-action
Changed: Address bar appearance
Changed: Send whole new’s text when share news by e-mail
Fixed: Adding feeds that contains “amp;”
Fixed: Parsing of some feeds
Fixed: Action “Next unread news”
Fixed: Recounting and displaying counters in categories tree
Fixed: Manual run of filter when option “Store DB in memory” is disabled
Fixed: Displaying focused feed, while switching tabs with enabled filter
Fixed: Taking account of filter text when switching news filter

Install QuiteRSS:

For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives, we can easily install QuiteRSS from PPA.

To do so, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install quiterss

For Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS, you can search & install this app in Ubuntu Software Center.

For Windows, FreeBSD, other Linux and source code, go to QuiteRSS Download page

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Install RSSOwl 2.2.1 RSS / Atom NewsFeeds in Ubuntu 13.10, 12.04

Last updated: April 4, 2019

RSSOwl, the powerful RSS / RDF / Atom News Feed Reader now is at version 2.2.1. The developer announced in the website:

After some time without news from RSSOwl, I am happy to release version 2.2.1. You will now find quick access to common actions like archiving or labeling right below the article content. Especially for articles with lots of content this means you no longer have to scroll all the way up to the title to run actions on the news. In addition, some broken keyword feeds have been fixed and new ones added.

RSSOwl common actions below the content

Install RSSOwl:

The GetDeb repository has built this release for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint 13/16. To get started installing it, follow the steps below:

1. Add GetDeb repository:

For Ubuntu user, download and double-click to install ~~this deb~~.

For Linux Mint user, there’s an option under Software Sources -> Additional Repositories -> archive.getdeb.net.

2. Use Synaptic Package Manager to reload package lists and install the app. Or just run below commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install rssowl

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Install RSSOwl Feed Reader on Ubuntu From PPA

Last updated: April 21, 2024

RSSOwl is a reader for RSS, PDF, Atom News. Since Google Reader is no longer running, RSSOwl added the option to synchronize with Google.

UPDATE: RSSOwl discontinued since 2014!! And, this tutorial does not work anymore.

This simple and brief tutorial will show you how to install the latest RSSOwl on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.10 Quantal, 12.04 Precise from GetDeb repository.

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, then follow the below steps:

1.) Copy and paste this command and run in terminal to download getdeb package:

wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

2.) Install the downloaded package to add the repository:

sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

3.) Update:

sudo apt-get update

4.) Install the reader:

sudo apt-get install rssowl

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