In the next article we are going to take a look at Gnome Feeds. It's about a minimal RSS / Atom feed reader that has been created looking for both speed and simplicity. It offers a simple user interface, but with which we can see the latest news of our subscriptions.
We can say that a web source or web channel is a means of syndication of web content. Fonts are used to supply subscribing users with up-to-date information or content. A feed is content on the internet that can be exported, so the user can read it whenever he wants or can. When a site allows its content to be exported as a feed, it generally displays a symbol like the one can be seen in the following link. Those interested in this type of subscription, can use a "news aggregator”To access the sources to which they are subscribed.
As I said, the Gnome Feeds application is a desktop reader as simple as it is easy for Gnu / Linux systems. It does not integrate or sync with a cloud-based service, but you can import a list of fonts via an .opml file. The program will show us the articles in a web view by default, although it must be said that comes with JavaScript disabled, looking for a faster user experience.
This program will offer users a clean and orderly way to read the latest publications from our favorite websites. You just have to add a feed using the option that we will find available in the application. After that, as new content is published, the application will offer it to us comfortably.
If you are a user used to using RSS feeds, you will probably find that Gnome Feeds is perhaps a bit limited for your needs. But if you are an occasional user, its set of features will make this program another option available to consult RSS feeds.
General characteristics of Gnome Feeds
- The program will give us the option to customize our experience with a range of configurable options.
- The user experience is going to be very simple. You just have to add our favorite feeds and start receiving the latest news.
- Will mark the posts as read / unread. Articles that have already been read will appear dimmed in the list. We can mark them as read or unread with a simple right click of the mouse.
- Another option available will be save articles to read offline at any time.
- We will be able filter articles by feed. In this way we will have the option to filter the content that we are interested in reading at all times.
- Gnome Feeds supports the import and export of our collection of feeds to and from OPML.
- We will find available a range of 'reading modes', including the web view. The software seeks to eliminate clutter from modern websites with a few reading options.
These are just some of the features of the program. They can consult more in detail from the project website.
Gnome Feeds Installation
If this program is something like this is what you are looking for, you will be able to install it easily by following the instructions provided in Flatub. We will also have the possibility to open the Ubuntu software option and install it from there in a simple and comfortable way.
The other possibility to use this software will be to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and write the following command to start the installation:
flatpak install flathub org.gabmus.gnome-feeds
After the installation is complete, to start the program, in the same terminal we will only have to write:
flatpak run org.gabmus.gnome-feeds
As I said above, if you are a user of RSS content, the options to take a look at your things are many. In addition to the program that we have seen in this article, in Ubuntu you will also be able to find other options available such as liferea, Feedreader y Thunderbird, which are possibly all three of the desktop RSS readers most popular for Gnu / Linux.