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QuiteRSS 0.17.0 Adds Newspaper Layout Support [Ubuntu PPA]

Last updated: September 11, 2014

QuiteRSS news reader now is at version 0.17.0. The new release allows to browse feeds in newspaper layout.

QuiteRSS is a free and open source RSS/Atom feed reader available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It aims to be quite fast and comfortable to user, and features embedded browser (Webkit core), Unity indicator, adblock, click to flash, and more.

According to the release note, since QuiteRSS 0.17.0 it allows to switch between the classic and newspaper layout mode through menu View -> Layout.

It has been found that the newspaper mode has an issue on news deletion. The developer commented that it will be fixed in next release.

Besides the newspaper mode, this release contains:

Added: Socks5 proxy support
Changed: News opening in external browser
Fixed: Sorting by feed title in news list

Install / Upgrade QuiteRSS in Ubuntu:

The latest release has been made into the official PPA repository, available for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives.

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

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install quiterss

After added the PPA, you can receive future updates by running regular system updates via Software Updater.

Don’t want to add PPA? Grab the .deb directly from the Launchpad Page and install it via Software Center.

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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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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 0.15.1 in Ubuntu 13.10/12.04/12.10

Last updated: March 8, 2014

QuiteRSS, an open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader has released version 0.15.1 with integrated Adblock , other new features and bug fixes. This simple and brief tutorial is going to show you how to install or upgrade the most recent QuiteRSS 0.15.1 in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10 via PPA.

QuiteRSS 0.15.1 changelog:

Changed: Download manager. Displays size and time after downloading file
Fixed: Incorrect application startup if path to database contains a “‘”
Fixed: Displays a menu bar after exit from full screen mode
Fixed: Saving toolbar feeds
Main: Adblock integrated
Added: Support for feeds with local path (file://)
Added: Embedded browser. Determining and adding feeds from web sites
Added: Notifications. News grouping – display feeds title
Added: Notifications. Button to delete news
Added: Notifications. Button to mark read every news
Added: System tray. Mane item “Mark All Feeds Read”
Added: Option “Show close button on tab”
Added: Tab “Information” to “About” dialog
Added: Language: Galician
Changed: GUI. Visual tweaks
Changed: The process of news deletion is sorted by date of publication
Changed: RTL-model of news for Arabic and Persian languages
Changed: Process of displaying of the splash screen
Fixed: Wrong codepage while importing feeds
Fixed: Processing feeds that contains ‘&’ symbol
Fixed: Processing some feeds that contains ‘br’ tag within the news
Fixed: Application activation after opening of the link in external browser and minimizing to tray
Fixed: Options dialog didn’t fit monitors with low resolution
Fixed: Reset options while switching on tab that contains category
Fixed: Application crash when open “Options” dialog if “Downloads” tab is active
Fixed: Feed option “Disable update”

Install QuiteRSS:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open a terminal window. When it opens, paste the command below and hit Enter to add the official PPA (Personal Package Archive) to your system and type in your password when prompt.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

Then update your system package lists and install or upgrade the RSS reader:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install quiterss

That’s it. Enjoy!

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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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