Linux RSS Feed Readers / Aggregators
For reasons unbeknownst to me, Linux, BSD and other Unix flavors had a slow start with RSS readers. But they've been catching up with this content distribution technology that lets you subscribe to your favorite sites like to an email newsletter, but without all the spam. Here are the options for Linux/BSD/Unix users, reviewed and rated.
AmphetaDesk
AmphetaDesk is a solid aggregator of RSS feeds and displays them in a highly customizable web page.
AmphetaDesk is a solid aggregator of RSS feeds and displays them in a highly customizable web page.
BlogBridge
BlogBridge makes it easy to discover, organize and read RSS feeds that interest you with preselected guides and suggestions based on what you like.
BlogBridge makes it easy to discover, organize and read RSS feeds that interest you with preselected guides and suggestions based on what you like.
Bloglines
Bloglines is a great, web-based way to read RSS feeds. There's no software to wrestle with, and using Bloglines is smooth and easy.
Bloglines is a great, web-based way to read RSS feeds. There's no software to wrestle with, and using Bloglines is smooth and easy.
Google Reader
Google Reader is a decidedly simple yet very usable and, thanks to a flexible labeling system, quite comprehensive web-based RSS feed reader.
Google Reader is a decidedly simple yet very usable and, thanks to a flexible labeling system, quite comprehensive web-based RSS feed reader.
Lektora
Lektora is a stylish and friendly way to read RSS feeds like a newspaper in Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Lektora is a stylish and friendly way to read RSS feeds like a newspaper in Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Liferea
Liferea is simple and lacks more advanced features, but it offers a very clean, fast and useful approach to reading RSS feeds.
Liferea is simple and lacks more advanced features, but it offers a very clean, fast and useful approach to reading RSS feeds.
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too.
NewsIsFree
NewsIsFree is a comprehensive web-based RSS feed aggregator with a newspaper-like layout and a popularity filter to show you only mass-moving items.
NewsIsFree is a comprehensive web-based RSS feed aggregator with a newspaper-like layout and a popularity filter to show you only mass-moving items.
NewsMonster PRO
NewsMonster PRO is a powerful RSS feed reader with versatile tools to archive, search and organize news and put them in context.
NewsMonster PRO is a powerful RSS feed reader with versatile tools to archive, search and organize news and put them in context.
Pears
Pears is a simple, but functional RSS feed reader that gets you through the news in no time.
Pears is a simple, but functional RSS feed reader that gets you through the news in no time.
Rocketinfo RSS Reader
Rocketinfo RSS Reader is a really easy to use yet flexible and universally accessible interface to all your favorite news and content sources.
Rocketinfo RSS Reader is a really easy to use yet flexible and universally accessible interface to all your favorite news and content sources.
Sage - Mozilla Firefox RSS Feed Reader Extension
Sage improves on Mozilla Firefox's live bookmarks with an RSS feed reader extension that adds better organization and much prettier display.
Sage improves on Mozilla Firefox's live bookmarks with an RSS feed reader extension that adds better organization and much prettier display.
SimplyHeadlines - Rss Feed Reader
SimplyHeadlines delivers an easy to digest snapshot of the latest headlines from your favorite news sources, web sites and blogs to your email inbox once a day.
SimplyHeadlines delivers an easy to digest snapshot of the latest headlines from your favorite news sources, web sites and blogs to your email inbox once a day.
Squeet
Squeet delivers news items from RSS and Atom feeds to your email Inbox, integrating them nicely with other incoming "stuff" and exposing them to all the power of your email program while providing convenient subscription management itself.
Squeet delivers news items from RSS and Atom feeds to your email Inbox, integrating them nicely with other incoming "stuff" and exposing them to all the power of your email program while providing convenient subscription management itself.