Fluent Reader for Linux is a gorgeous RSS feed that has many view options that are simple and elegant in execution. Reminds me of Reader5 for macOS but instead of costing $10 it’s completely free.

  • Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social
    19·
    1 year ago

    I personally prefer Newsflash because the main dev of Fluent is weirdly adamant about not implementing either customizable shortcuts or the standard vim-style navigation that almost all desktop RSS readers have had since Google Reader included them

  • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    I always wanted an rss feed client. Now I have found something elegant without needing to research.

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have been using this combined with Fluent Reader Lite for Android and a self-hosted FreshRSS-server to sync my feeds. Just recently found a workflow that works well for me: I will browse my feeds on my phone once in a while (very productive bathroom breaks…), showing only unread stories. I star any story I want to read later, mark the rest as read. With Fluent Reader on Linux set to only show starred, and I can then pick and choose whatever story I want to read from there on a bigger screen. Whenever I go some days without checking, I will just mark all spammy news outlets as read without checking the 400 unread stories.

    • MorganCS (she / her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      If you haven’t tried it, I absolutely love FeedMe on android it works 1000 times better than Fluent Reader with FreshRSS. I wish it was ported to Debian!

      • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Cool, I’ll check it out. I am not experiencing any issues with Fluent Reader with my use case though.

  • baconicsynergy@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Fluent Reader is wonderful for my Linux tablet. It was the only one I could truly get working the way I wanted. There are also multiple methods to render the feeds, which can be needed depending on the source

  • dan@upvote.au
    3·
    1 year ago

    Does it support connecting to aggregators like FreshRSS? I like FreshRSS since I can keep things (subscriptions, unread state, etc) consistent across all my devices. I currently just use the web UI on desktop and Readrops on mobile.

  • MorganCS (she / her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I use the app daily, and I like it overall. It syncs well with my selfhosted freshrss server, and it works across platforms. HOWEVER, I do wish that I could manage my subscriptions with it, and having to set how each feed opens by default is rage inducing. In GNOME it would be able to be docked like other apps. And there is an arbitrary gigantic margin in some modes. etc etc.