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Liferea News Reader 1.13.9 Adds Google Reader API Support

Last updated: July 27, 2022 — Leave a comment

The GTK feed reader Liferea released version 1.13.9 recently with generic Google Reader API support, UI improvements, and bug-fixes.

This is the last release of the 1.13 unstable series of Liferea (Linux Feed Reader). It makes possible to import from FeedHQ, FreshRSS, Basquz, and other feed readers using Google Reader API (exclude Miniflux due to this bug).

So now besides manually adding websites, it now supports adding following sources all together:

  • Planet, BlogRoll, OPML.
  • Google Reader API.
  • Reedah.
  • Tiny Tiny RSS.
  • TheOldReader.
  • Miniflux.

Other changes in this release include:

  • Update to Readability.js 0.41 for better image and table handling.
  • Improve HTML5 extraction
  • Hide unused expander space in item list and drop enclosure icon from item list, which saves horizontal space.
  • Improve performance by different check order in itemset merging
  • Subscribing defaulted to HTML5 feeds even when real feeds do exist.

How to Get Liferea 1.13.9:

For Linux with Flatpak support out-of-the-box, e.g., Linux Mint, Pop! OS and Fedora, you may simply search for and install the software package as Flatpak from system package manager.

For Ubuntu based user prefer the classic .deb package, here’s the unofficial PPA contains the package for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the 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.

Uninstall:

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
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QuiteRSS Now Is Able To Share News To LinkedIn, Blogger, Printer Friendly

Last updated: July 14, 2014

QuiteRSS RSS/Atom news feeds reader got an update recently with a few improvements and bug fixes. Now it allows you to share news to LinkedIn, Blogger, Printer Friendly.

QuiteRSS is an open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader which aims to be quite fast and comfortable to user. It features embedded browser (Webkit core), feed and news filters, adblock, click to flash, import/export feeds (OPML-files), and more.

The latest v0.16.1 was released recently with below changes:

  • Added: Ability to filter news by link
  • Added: Share news – LinkedIn, Blogger, Printer Friendly
  • Added: Color adjustment of the feeds with disabled update
  • Added: Color adjustment of the alternating rows background of the news list
  • Fixed: Operating in some unix OS
  • Fixed: Display all columns if the new list despite of settings
  • Fixed: Parsing some feeds
  • Fixed: Application crash while shutdown

So now the reader allows users to share news to Evernote, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, Pocket, VK, LinkedIn, Blogger, Printer Friendly, or via Email.

Install / Upgrade QuiteRSS n Ubuntu:

The official Ubuntu PPA provides the latest builds for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one will add the PPA and install the reader:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install quiterss

If you have already added the QuiteRSS PPA, you can receive updates via Software Updater by running regular Ubuntu updates.

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