Liferea will even let you decide if attached content, such as music tracks, are automatically downloaded I would have liked to have seen a way to integrate across computers, better support for ripping videos from feed entries, and progress tracking for audio files, but what Liferea brings to the table is more than sufficient for most users. In conclusion, I rate Liferea a 9/10 for speed, accuracy, and tools to read RSS feeds on a local client. To me, this makes it less than ideal for podcasting. Liferea's biggest shortcoming is the lack of a way to track progress through individual podcast tracks. I would recommend using TinyRSS or theoldreader to manage adding and removing RSS feeds. Read the readme on Github for more details. Liferea supports adding feeds directly from Firefox, although the "support" is kind of clunky. If you want to syncronize your feed lists across multiple devices, Liferea supports integration with TinyTinyRSS and theoldreader. Liferea does not support cross computer syncing, although I imagine you could rsync the contents of ~/.local/share/liferea and ~/.config/liferea if you desired. Liferea supports importing and exporting feed lists (.opml files) out of the box. If serious problems arise, there is a built-in feature to launch the feed entry in your operating system's default web browser. Liferea was able to stream most audio content and video content could be shown by using the internal browser. I found that basic javascript elements worked fine. Liferea is capable of rendering feed content particularly well. Liferea will even let you decide if attached content, such as music tracks, are automatically downloaded or if they are left on the web to be streamed when desired. Liferea offers a tremendous amount of control over when feeds are checked, downloaded, and deleted.
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For example, if you subscribe to free music feeds, you can retain entries for music you like. News bins are receptacles for entries you wish to retain permanently. This would be useful if, for example, you wanted to read every feed with the word "Linux" in it first Search Folders present every entry which matches certain search terms. Liferea ups the game by adding two special classes of folders. Folders contain feeds which contain entries. Liferea is an RSS feeder with a layout similar to Mozilla Thunderbird. It is built for GNU/Linux and Unix like operating systems. Installation notes should be reviewed here. Liferea is a FOSS program available on Github. This is a review for Liferea, an RSS feeder application for Linux available in many repos, including Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSUSE.