Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, QuiteRSS is an open-source RSS reader, written on Qt and C++. The latest version available is QuiteRSS 0.17.2, which has been released a while ago, coming with fixes and improvements:
- Added: Save page as HTML in “newspaper” mode
- Added: Option to display notification on same as QuiteRSS display (option value: -1)
- Added: SSL-certificate check
- Added: Language: Bulgarian
- Changed: Drag links from embedded browser to Firefox
- Fixed: Displaying main menu when using several monitors
- Fixed: Value inversion of the transparent option of notifications
- Fixed: Updating some feeds (server returns 302)
- Fixed: Displaying control buttons in newspaper view when images are disabled
- Fixed: Dragging several feeds at once
- Fixed: Determine home page of some feeds
In this article I will show you how to install QuiteRSS 0.17.2 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Deepin 2014, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing QuiteRSS 0.17.2 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the quiterss package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install quiterss
Optional, to remove quiterss, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove quiterss
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