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3.3.1. Liferea Newsreader
Liferea is an online RSS feed reader. It is a fast, easy-to-use and easy-to-install news accumulator for GTK/ GNOME.
Note:
You can install Liferea on Ubuntu using the Synaptic Package Manager by following the procedure
described in Using Alternative E-Mail Client section.
The Web sites that offer RSS feeds display an RSS feed symbol next to its URL.
Figure 3.13. Identifying RSS Feed Providing Web Sites
Accessing Liferea
Note:
You have to search the Web site that offers RSS feeds to access Liferea. Look through the complete
list of newsgroups on your server to search for the group that interests you.
Procedure 3.5. To access Liferea:
1. Open the Web page that offers RSS feeds.
Figure 3.14. Opening RSS Feed Web Page
2. On this Web page, search for the link that offers RSS feed. Click the link and save the URL of that link. This URL will be the feed.
Figure 3.15. Searching the Link
3. Open Liferea. On the Applications menu, point to Internet and click Liferea Feed Reader.
Figure 3.16. Launching Liferea Feed Reader
4. To subscribe to the feed, right-click anywhere on the left-pane of the Liferea window, point to New and click New Subscription. The New Subscription dialogue box will be displayed.
Figure 3.17. Subscribing to RSS Feeds
5. In the New Subscription dialogue box, paste the URL, which is the feed, and click OK. You will see a new feed in the Liferea window.
Figure 3.18. Entering Feed Source
The following graphic shows the new feed in Liferea.
Figure 3.19. Viewing New Feeds Procedure 3.6. The key features of Liferea are as follows:
1. Liferea Feed Reader has multiple RSS subscriptions by default.
2. If you do not want a chapter to be deleted after some time, you can flag it and tag it as an important item.
3. You can use the search function to search through the downloaded items to quickly access the information needed.
4. You can also use an online search engine to search for additional news.