[SOLVED] What's the best free RSS newsreader for Xubuntu?

Gregg Bell · 03-23-2016, 05:10 PM

I'm still pretty newbie and I was looking for a newsreader for Xubuntu (or xfce) and couldn't find any specifically for that. I found the below link for newsreaders for Ubuntu. Which would be best (if any) for Xubuntu? Thanks. (I really just want to see how my own blog shows up and maybe get a few other blogs.)

http://www.tuxarena.com/2012/03/top-...w-screenshots/

hendomen · 03-23-2016, 05:50 PM

frankbell · 03-23-2016, 08:20 PM

Seamonkey mail is the one I use, because of its integration with the Seamonkey browser.

Akregator has a few quirks, but works quite nicely.

I believe that Thunderbird incorporates an rss reader.

pwalden · 03-23-2016, 10:04 PM

I use miniflux. You need to set up an web server, but I like having the whole works under my control.

https://github.com/miniflux/miniflux

Gregg Bell · 03-23-2016, 10:22 PM

Thanks, guys. As usual I thought this would be easier than it is. I checked out Sage and Akregator but felt more comfortable with something from the Ubuntu Software Center (Pan) and when I ran that the first thing it asked me (like pwalden) was to add a server. Uh, okay, but what is a server and how do I add it? (rhetorical) So I'll do some more research. Is adding one pretty involved?

Germany_chris · 03-24-2016, 03:39 AM

liferea

Gregg Bell · 03-24-2016, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Germany_chris

liferea

Thanks

frankbell · 03-24-2016, 08:04 PM

Pan is a newsreader for reading Usenet newsgroups, not for rss feeds.

I use Giganews for Usenet, have done for years.

Gregg Bell · 03-25-2016, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by frankbell

Pan is a newsreader for reading Usenet newsgroups, not for rss feeds.

I use Giganews for Usenet, have done for years.

Thanks Frank. I'm going to have to do some more research into this. (I don't even know the difference between the two.)

OregonJim · 03-25-2016, 01:16 AM

If you don't know what Usenet is, then you're not looking for a newsreader. You're looking for an RSS feed aggregator.

Gregg Bell · 03-25-2016, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OregonJim

If you don't know what Usenet is, then you're not looking for a newsreader. You're looking for an RSS feed aggregator.

Thanks Jim. I just went to my blog and signed up that way. I chose Feedly. It worked great. (I'm guessing Feedly's a RSS feed aggregator. LOL)

frankbell · 03-25-2016, 08:56 PM

Glad you found something. Thanks for filling us in the rest of the story.

Gregg Bell · 03-25-2016, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbell

Glad you found something. Thanks for filling us in the rest of the story.

Thanks Frank. Have a good night.

OregonJim · 03-26-2016, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Jim. I just went to my blog and signed up that way. I chose Feedly. It worked great. (I'm guessing Feedly's a RSS feed aggregator. LOL)

No problem. Glad you found what you needed. BTW, my intent was to be helpful - not snippy. I just re-read what I wrote, and it sounded a bit snippy, even to me. Guess I was in a hurry...

Gregg Bell · 03-27-2016, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by OregonJim

No problem. Glad you found what you needed. BTW, my intent was to be helpful - not snippy. I just re-read what I wrote, and it sounded a bit snippy, even to me. Guess I was in a hurry...

Nah, no snippiness there! Just informativeness. Hope you're having a nice holiday!