Hi
I ran across this article about
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at OMG Ubuntu! , a new newsreader"for Linux".

We need a simple to configure newsreader that is not distro dependent right enough so it piqued my interest.

It is not in the repos so I d/ld the multiarch .deb,--- gdebi said no problemo, it installed under"internet", it opens but does not work.

Couldn't really find a dependency situation, so, just thought I'd mention it.

It provides only a few feeds, BBC, FOX, CNN, SkyNews, and India Today.

In present configuration it is permanently on top.

There is no option for adding more feeds and no help function.

I imagine it is all teething pains and that things will work forthrightly in the near future.

woodsmoke

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but it can be more dangerous than running pure unstable. Installing packages from different releases can cause complex problems which are less likely to occur with packages from a single release. One example is that existing packages may become uninstalled due to internal restructuring of central components within the testing or unstable branches.

I avoid shooting myself in the foot when ever possible

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Simply installing a single Ubuntu package can cause apt/aptitude/dpkg to have issues. Just search over at linuxquestions.org for all the people that had issues installing the Adobe flash package. Ubuntu packages are not compatible with Debian they change too many things. If you want Ubuntu then you run Ubuntu, if you want Debian run Debian do not mix the two.

I read the article...does it open any feeds at all for you? because it's apparently not capable of adding additional sources by design.

might as well use Google news.

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but it can be more dangerous than running pure unstable. Installing packages from different releases can cause complex problems which are less likely to occur with packages from a single release. One example is that existing packages may become uninstalled due to internal restructuring of central components within the testing or unstable branches.

I avoid shooting myself in the foot when ever possible

Quote from craigevil

Simply installing a single Ubuntu package can cause apt/aptitude/dpkg to have issues. Just search over at linuxquestions.org for all the people that had issues installing the Adobe flash package. Ubuntu packages are not compatible with Debian they change too many things. If you want Ubuntu then you run Ubuntu, if you want Debian run Debian do not mix the two.

Is it actually a Ubuntu rather than a Debian package? The .deb file from the developer is actually on Dropbox. I don't necessarily plan to install it myself since the user cannot add or remove news feeds as yet, but I was wondering.

You don't know where the supplied libs in a package are going. Don't use it is my rule of thumb.

And. I am known here as a loosey goosey AntiX user willing to take chances. So.
It's your gun. Up to you to check if it is loaded or not.
Cuz I don't know, myself.

I avoid the news. It keeps me in bliss being ignorant.
Besides. Walter Kronkite and Paul Harvey don't give the news anymore.
So I lost interest.

"quiterss", which is available as a debian package, is a wonderful, full-featured newsreader.
Although I wouldn't consider using newsup, it's cool to see that it's written as a bash script.

You don't know where the supplied libs in a package are going.

Any time you download a deb package, you can OpenWith"gDebi Package Installer" utility.

gdebi will not immediately install ~~ it will immediately check and report whether unmet dependencies exist.
By clicking the"Included Files" button, you can browse the package contents.
In this case, the package only contains a bash script plus a couple iconfiles.

skidoo wrote:"quiterss", which is available as a debian package, is a wonderful, full-featured newsreader.
Although I wouldn't consider using newsup, it's cool to see that it's written as a bash script.

You don't know where the supplied libs in a package are going.

Any time you download a deb package, you can OpenWith"gDebi Package Installer" utility.

gdebi will not immediately install ~~ it will immediately check and report whether unmet dependencies exist.
By clicking the"Included Files" button, you can browse the package contents.
In this case, the package only contains a bash script plus a couple iconfiles.

It looks pretty good, but I don't think I want to install 85 mb of"stuff" in order to get it.