Venkatramanan is planning to make a move from Windows to Ubuntu Linux and is looking for a desktop based feed reader for the Linux Platform.I need a desktop (not web-based like Bloglines or Google Reader) and non-mail newsreader (no ThunderBird).Venky, you may consider the following newsreaders:
Can you please suggest me a good selection of desktop based RSS reader for Linux to choose from.
1. Sage - If you're on Firefox, get the Sage RSS reader extension that turns your browser into a powerful newsreader. Sage can display feeds in a variety of styles. Tomorrow, if you switch to a Windows machine, Sage will still look the same.
2. Opera 9.1 - You can use the Opera Linux browser an a RSS newsfeed reader - the Feed reader will open as as a separate tab inside Opera browser. Unlike Thunderbird, you need not run the Opera Mail client to reader newsfeeds in Opera browser.
3. RSS Owl 2.0 - A standalone RSS reader that's written in Java and therefore available for all platforms including Unix. RSSOwl has some very unique features like the ability to export RSS feed items to PDF documents and synchronizing your blogrolls with Bloglines.
And if you are a FeedDemon or Microsoft Outlook fan, you'll probably love the 2-column and 3-column layouts available in RSS Owl. The software commands a huge fan following.
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for the gnome users:
http://liferea.sourceforge.net/
for the kde fans:
http://akregator.kde.org/
Written on 10/4/07 5:19 PM
There is a new desktop feed reader available - BlogBridge (http://www.blogbridge.com/). I have just installed it, so cannot say it is good or not, but it does claim to be for information junkies with hundreds of feeds to read.
Written on 10/4/07 7:52 PM
I have used liferea and blam in the past on my linux desktop. But now I'm fully converted to Google Reader.
Written on 10/4/07 9:06 PM
Amit
Thanks a lot!
I will try RSS Owl (Since I have tried Sage & quit because I do not want to overload the browser) & will inform you.
Regards
Venkatramanan[at]gmail[dot]com
Written on 11/4/07 1:58 PM
I had the same problem and I wrote about this on my blog post "Feed Reader for Ubuntu. I tried, Blam, Lifrea and akregator and I think that liferea is quite good.
Written on 11/4/07 3:13 PM
Sage doesn't load the browser too much. If you are using Sage, then most probably that would be the only add-on that you might be using at that time.
Blogbridge-4.x version is good. The latest Blogbridge-5.x version was hogging too much memory.
Have a look at WizzRSS also. It is a Firefox Add-on.
You can also try Thunderbird, if you are planning to use a desktop e-mail client cum RSS reader.
Written on 12/4/07 10:48 AM