Reading your RSS feed on FreeBSD
Setup
As explained in my article about Nextcloud News, I am reading a lot more blogs these days, and I implemented Nextcloud News on my home setup to be able to follow along across different devices.
I am already using Fuoten on my Sailfish OS phone, and Nextcloud's web interface when at home.
I wanted a way to read news on my FreeBSD laptop.
Choosing the right RSS client
I initially wanted something with a GUI, but when I tried installing RSSGuard from the FreeBSD packages, for some reason it wouldn't work.
When looking at other options, I found Newsboat, a text RSS reader, so I decided to give it a try.
Configuration
I'll be honest, I reused this article from Gideon Wolfe.
Installing Newsboat is a simple as:
pkg install newsboat
and then configure your ~/.config/newsboat/config file.
I followed both Gideon's article, and tweaked a bit my configuration using Newsboat documentation.
e.g. I wanted Newsboat to refresh when started, as well as on a regular basis, so I addedd the below to my configuration:
auto-reload yes
reload-time 1800
Newsboat in action
Once done, this is how Newsboat looks like:
Wrap Up
I have used Newsboat only for a few days now, but I am happy with it.
It's good to have a text-based RSS reader, and I like how easy it is to
configure and use with key bindings!