![]() ![]() Something the world seems to have forgotten – or more likely, hasn’t come around to appreciate just yet, is that unlike web-based software, desktop software generally doesn’t “die.” It can languish neglected, without updates or maintenance forevermore – but it’s never truly dead so long as there is even a single person out there that still uses it. (Another standout from the same era is RSSOwl, also still available.) While RSS isn’t quite dead yet, it’s not exactly as cool as it used to be and the RSS client scene hasn’t seen much activity in that time. Today, almost 12 years later to the day, I googled for “best RSS reader for Windows” while trying to write an RSS-based interface for an RRTP integration for Nest and FeedDemon was still the first result.įeedDemon “died” in March 2013, after Google killed off its own web-based RSS reader. XULRunnerPath = / usr / lib / xulrunner-1.9.I first discovered FeedDemon in the summer of 2004, probably via a promo or plugin in author Nick Bradbury’s other application, HomeSite, while “learning” HTML after ditching FrontPage. To fix this problem we install from synaptic XULRunner on our system, then we add the following line in RSSOwl.ini. This can occur even though RSSOwl comes with its XULRuner purpose. This explanation is relevant because when launching the program and selecting a news item for viewing, an error message may appear indicating that the way to manage the browser cannot be found. ![]() In the case of XUL, its interpreter is called XULRunner. XUL is a derivative of XML (this is, let's say, the parent of HTML) which, like others like, for example, java is a language that needs an interpreter. ![]() RSSOwl uses, among others, the XUL language to manage the browser where to view RSS news. It is also convenient to check "When minimizing RSSOwl" so that it is placed in the panel as an icon when minimizing. A very useful option and that I advise you is that you configure it so that when the program starts it does so as an icon on the panel, for which, within the RSSOwll program you are going to Edit> Preferences and check "When starting RSSOwl". You may want (as I do) that the reader starts when the computer starts up, so you must add it in System> Preferences> Applications at the beginning, and put the path there / usr / bin / RSSOwl. You can copy the icon to usr / share / icons and use it from that directory. In / usr / bin create a symbolic link with the following command, ln -s / opt / rssowl / RSSOwl / usr / bin / RSSOwlĪnd then a link to the latter on the desktop. Unzip this file and do the following (all as root) We can download RSSOwl from the web, in it there is at first glance an item referring to Other Systems & Languages, from where we can choose the version in Spanish and the architecture of 32 or 64 bits, as we have installed in our equipment. It is also true that I am much more used to using the latter, since there is a version for windows for it and I started using the RSS news reader on this system. RSS news readers are based on website maps, so that when it changes (by introducing a new blog entry, for example), it is detected by the reader and the notice of the change is sent to us through a popup or other medium.Īlthough Debian comes by default with the Liferea reader, I find the RSSOwl application more complete in features and configuration options. ![]()
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