Newsboat RSS reader: fight the algorithm from the terminal!

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Күн бұрын

The modern web can be distracting, invasive, and slow. Luckily, there's another way!
Using an RSS/Atom feed reader can really help cut out distractions. Doing so from the terminal can enhance the effect, keeping you informed without all of the adtech and algorithms.
Enter Newsboat! Newsboat is an open source fork of Newsbeuter, and is a wonderful terminal-based feed reader. I even fire it up on my old Wyse terminal in the video!
In this video, I explain how to install and configure Newsboat on Manjaro, Fedora, and Pop!_OS. It's packaged up for other distros too, and non-Linuxes like macOS (via Brew) and FreeBSD.
Shout-out to Christian from @christianlempa for helping out my pronunciation! This video also has some footage of @TechnoTim and @LearnLinuxTV, both of whom are great.
If you want to help support the channel, you can join the Patreon at / veronicaexplains . For $10/mo, I'll print your name on my dot matrix printer and put it in the video. Super neat! There's also a $1 and $5 tier- any little bit helps me spend more time making videos!
Lastly, the shirt is at vkc.sh/merch. I know you're wondering! :) Proceeds benefit the channel!
00:00 Intro
02:39 What is Newsboat, anyway?
04:38 Installing Newsboat
06:08 Configuring/adding feeds
10:27 Finding feeds with plugins
13:16 Outro
#Linux #RSS #Terminal

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@traumsegler40 2 жыл бұрын

As a 60year old man I am trying to understand more of Linux. I find the videos that you do very helpful. So thanks a lot !!

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad the videos are helpful! :)

@chillydoog 5 ай бұрын

The inventtor of linux Linux Torvalds, is 54 yo as of janurary 2024. 🐧

@Joel-ew1zm 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this type of content. Was running rainbow stream for a while to have a twitter feed in terminal. Huge supporter of old school terminals accomplishing modern tasks.

@TechnoTim 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Thanks for including me in your demo!!!

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

No problem at all! :)

@salkjshaweoiuenvohvr 2 жыл бұрын

Your cgp grey levels of alliteration were not unnoticed!

@JohnMassaglia Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a followup video about newsboat macros. Love your videos!

@neverping Жыл бұрын

I just installed newsboat with Homebrew and configured it. Since I previously installed Lynx, all my links opens in Lynx. And since I configured links to save all my cookies into /dev/null, this means full 100% distraction-free reading and 99.999% privacy. I am in pure hype!1!1!!1!!!one

@abbas1872 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see you install Manjaro using Manjaro architect.

@captslush9870 2 ай бұрын

This is amazing, I love rss feeds but anything in the Terminal is just fun to me. Thank you!!

@joshpennington 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t ever heard anyone talk through how to close nano before. My muscle memory for that process is so strong I forgot that you set the name of the file before the program exits.

@syrus3k Жыл бұрын

Ps aux pipe grep nano, kill.. Etc?

@stacksmasherninja7266 2 жыл бұрын

Newsboat sequel covering macros would definitely be appreciated. Specifically if there are any vim-like macros available/configurable. I'd also be very interested in customizing the newsboat feed to minimize distractions as you mentioned at the end of the video. I would also be interested in your video editing workflow if it's also Linux based.

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

Noted! My video editing all takes place on Linux, using Kdenlive! Not sure it's anything fancy, just using lots of titles and a few effects to jazz it up a bit!

@Zakaros1000 9 ай бұрын

@@VeronicaExplains and that video never came :c

@VeronicaExplains 9 ай бұрын

@@Zakaros1000 Never say never.

@victorelgersma7845 6 ай бұрын

Just subscribed to your channel on RSS. Thanks for your great work veronica! @@VeronicaExplains

@VeronicaExplains 3 ай бұрын

@@pugdev4 Be nice, I'm a busy mom trying to build a channel infrastructure. Plus KZfaq is going after folks talking about RSS and KZfaq options, so I need to *tread lightly* on this one. If it eventually comes out it might not even be available anywhere other than my PeerTube (tinkerbetter.tube).

@23jodys 2 жыл бұрын

The Wyse running top in the background-what a nerd flex 🥰

@ross_samedi 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way you entertain me with your videos. You're so awesome Veronica! I can't wait for the part II.

@gotoastal Жыл бұрын

Wow. This was actually both informative, and charming with your humor. Underrated presentation!

@sparkyfirepants 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Newsboat is awesome. This has to be my favoritest most favorite channel ever, favoriter than any other. Please keep it up! The alliteration alone... omg.

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

It was tough to try to tackle!

@sparkyfirepants 2 жыл бұрын

@@VeronicaExplains You nailed that nerdy nomenclature.

@patrikmansuri9496 Жыл бұрын

So glad that you made a video about this. Being able to get news via rss feed again is amazing.

@robbylock1741 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Veronica! I love newsboat and other terminal applications, currently I have a number of Linux based systems on my network, as of this post all based on Fedora 36 and use rsync and ssh to keep the configs and some selected documents updated from my "master" workstation. Keep up the great work!

@locnar1701 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, now I have a third pane in my tmux config that travels with me from host to host. Thank you! Just so you know we FreeBSD people appreciate you including us.

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

FreeBSD is amazing! It's been a bit since I used it directly for a project, but at one point in the past I worked with a COBOL system running on FreeBSD- it was a joy to work with.

@locnar1701 2 жыл бұрын

@@VeronicaExplains That is about as fun as Microsoft FoxPro running on FreeBSD under SCO emulation for a public warehouse software I helped support in the late 90s.

@TheMyname707 Жыл бұрын

Also a mutt crash course would be highly appereciated. 😊

@JonasMGBR Жыл бұрын

What a great content! Looking forward to the part two!

@amirajpal6382 Жыл бұрын

Same here!!

@sethbrown1763 2 жыл бұрын

Lady, you are GOOD!! I'd forgotten all about RSS. I _think_ I used it back in the days of Mosaic/Netscape, then Google Reader but I forgot about it. I might try using it again. Thanks for your very clear and NON-THREATENING explanation!

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! That's the goal!

@orsonc.badger7421 2 жыл бұрын

I love at the end of the day...the older ways just seem better hahaha great video! Love your stuff Veronica! Keep it up!

@JustWhyFFS Жыл бұрын

So glad I found your channel. I'm currently on a quest to live in the terminal (I know, I know but please folks, let me have my fun.) This is exactly what I was looking for.

@christianlempa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shout out 🤗

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping!!

@dboyedoe Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for part 2!

@KrishnaDraws Жыл бұрын

I love your teaching style! I've added Newsboat to my terminal now. :)

@TheEricDangerous Жыл бұрын

Bravo Veronica, Terminal rules them all, Command Line Interface 4ever.

@Sonicbananadriver Жыл бұрын

I'd really like another video on using youtube inside of newsboat, that sounds super useful for not getting sucked into the algorithm. Thanks for all your lovely videos.

@BurninVinyl 5 ай бұрын

Please make a part2 of this wonderful video!!!!!

@syrus3k Жыл бұрын

Loving your videos Veronica, thanks! Didn't know about this tool but it's far nicer for reading the news than websites.

@itamarribeiro8865 2 жыл бұрын

Great option, exactly what I was looking for. Tks Veronica.

@carlogines7918 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making me discover this fantastic tool! I'm looking forward to the new part!

@DeirdreYoung1 Жыл бұрын

Thunderbird has been my RSS reader for years. Thank you very much for the Awesome RSS add-on, I was using Pale Moon to find feeds.

@hiddenyid4223 2 жыл бұрын

Veronica, you are addicting.

@PhilipDudley3 2 жыл бұрын

You're the best. The YT RSS Feed thinger is amazing!

@videobenny3 Жыл бұрын

This is becoming my favorite Tech-cast , displacing ExplainingComputers.

@scottb4029 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. You helped with setting it up more than some other content providers.

@huljaxful Жыл бұрын

This is great video! Make part 2 for sure...will install newsboat and give it a go

@pravinkumarone 14 күн бұрын

hey Veronica, i love your content and would love to see more

@Snoop987 9 ай бұрын

Thank veronica for your video After see this video i install feed on my antix in newsboat

@kenosabi Жыл бұрын

Just set this up. Excellent time saver.

@muctebanesiri 2 ай бұрын

Such a useful and fun video. Thanks

@apolloapostolos5127 Жыл бұрын

The mom sense-of-humor is nostalgic of my own mother whilst growing up and hilarious to me even to this day. Helps me see my mother as not so cringe but as legit funny in ways I didn’t understand until now. Awesome. 😎 I guess families have ways of being deeply similar even across lineages. I’m glad I stuck around to watch multiple videos.

@Sara-rr9lg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for spreading the love for RSS! #Nanogang!

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching!! I hope the RSS resurgence I'm seeing amongst sites I follow keeps growing. It's such a wonderful way to connect directly to stuff you care about!

@garycroftsmicroscopy Жыл бұрын

Great content, great presentation style 👍

@mikeg9b 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I'm going to give Newsboat a try.

@EricMesa 6 ай бұрын

As you talk about/show, I hate that social media made most websites (and even the browsers) stop highlighting the RSS feeds. Love this tutorial. I've used both graphical and CLI feed readers in the past, but I've moved on to a self-hosted Miniflux feed reader so that I have access no matter where I am (without needing to SSH in)

@nathanhancey8619 2 жыл бұрын

Great information. Thanks 😃

@jarrodurban6927 2 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful. Thank you. I suspect this will have a huge impact on my daily work. I am looking forward to the part two. 😀

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, I'm glad it helped!

@jarrodurban6927 5 ай бұрын

I was using newsboat today on a fresh install of Debian 12. I decided to compile it from source. When I was doing that, I thought about how I first learned about it. Thanks again for being so inspiring 😀 Is a second one video still in the works? @@VeronicaExplains

@younglion0451 Жыл бұрын

I hope you keep up with the content

@wruwruwru Жыл бұрын

What a great content! Keep it up please.

@BrendanGates Жыл бұрын

This was a refreshing video

@dtsoukalas 2 жыл бұрын

+Manjaro, awesome video!

@EricCorsi Жыл бұрын

I have used newsboat, but never went beyond the install and adding feeds. I have used it for a few years now and quite enjoy it.

@oceanz55 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Veronica! Your style reminds a little of 'Technology Connections' also on KZfaq. You are both great and thanks again :)

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

That's quite the compliment, thank you!!

@johnh10000 Жыл бұрын

@@VeronicaExplains I agree on both counts!

@Mikesco3 Жыл бұрын

I daily drive Manjaro and absolutely love it.

@fabiosemino2214 Жыл бұрын

Nice program, I was an avid Firefox RSS bookmarks when they were working, now I use newsboat on WSL

@jake967 Жыл бұрын

This was great!

@Slime-net Жыл бұрын

I love you channel!!

@hellomiakoda3782 Жыл бұрын

Yes, more Manjaro, please!

@Tom-n5tti 2 жыл бұрын

SWEEEEEET!!! I had to get away from the browser based feed readers due to all of the 'noise' (pictures/ads/etc) because sometimes AWW what a cute little ground squirrel out here on my deck..... I should really water that plant..... ... yeah that ... I get distracted easily. Thanks VKC! Now to fire up WSL2 on my work computer and get Newsboat working

@primate_0 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for part 2!

@Pheagey Жыл бұрын

the reaction face when mentioning VIM :D

@mobodojo6270 Жыл бұрын

Love this. Eagerly awaiting the sequel. Want to know how to get that unobtrusive experience. Lynx? is it Lynx?

@uwo7130 11 ай бұрын

Hell yes, RSS in the terminal. Also, much love to the late Aaron Swartz.

@uttoha6591 26 күн бұрын

explained clearly 👍 thanks...

@TonyGonzales 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I'll be sure to add this channel. 👍

@kristopher1583 Жыл бұрын

thanks for this info and steps, I use nano becuz of raspberry pi, going to update to pop os I like how it's just about the same as older distros

@rasaskitchen Жыл бұрын

looking forward to the sequel

@AaronPierson Жыл бұрын

you're amazing

@draoi99 2 жыл бұрын

Newsboat is one of my favourite terminal apps. I have it on my Chromebook.

@unklebonehead 2 жыл бұрын

YES! Sequel, Please!

@ericromano5324 Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for this. There's something about reading things in the terminal that's just quieter and calmer and so much better. It's sort of how the entire public Internet was back in the late 90s, or even reading message boards on Compuserve for the few minutes a month you could without your dad justifiably complaining about the bill. Your videos are really helpful, and you're always saying "If you'd like a video about x, comment below!" so here's my request. Vim. If it's such a pain and I hit my PC with a hammer just to exit it, why is it so beloved? There's got to be a reason I'm sure of it.

@amirajpal6382 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it is me, but I couldn't find the RSS feed in this youtube page. I even used a RSS finder...., But besides that great video! Looking forward to part 2, and do Mutt too!!

@VeronicaExplains Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I have to hit refresh before the feed shows up. Plus, make sure you're on the channel page and not just a video. Try going to kzfaq.info and then hitting refresh if it doesn't show up. I use Awesome RSS on Firefox and it shows up as expected.

@amirajpal6382 Жыл бұрын

@@VeronicaExplains I was on the video page!! Thanks! I'll try again. Great videos by way, really liking your channel. Have you ever tried Qubes OS, I'd be very curious on your thoughts. make make for an interesting video.

@1tema1dia Жыл бұрын

So cool!

@pwall Жыл бұрын

I do want to nerd out to the history of feed readers

@mohdarshan256 2 жыл бұрын

we want part 2 😊

@BearMeat4Dinner Жыл бұрын

Miss Alta Vista n Netscape!!❤❤❤

@EricCorsi Жыл бұрын

Yes, interested in part two. Please?

@LARPANET_3087 Жыл бұрын

Too much alliteration. Too much! Haha just kidding, this was a great explainer and very helpful.

@techhoppy 2 жыл бұрын

I just had an original thought: Could you please cover Manjaro in greater depth in a future video? 😎

@madthumbs1564 2 жыл бұрын

I'd highly suggest you do some research on Manjaro. It's the worst distro I know of. Arco, Endeavour, or Arch would serve you better.

@xyxxxy3845 Жыл бұрын

I am loving the feedreader on arch but i need to get that youtube pop out window thing working :D

@Psevdonim123 Жыл бұрын

13:33 That's how "vanced" project died🤣

@xabdev Жыл бұрын

Que buena remera!

@techhoppy 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Please cover newboat macros in the sequel (GASP! Shhhhhh)

@680x0 2 жыл бұрын

Have never used RSS before (maybe now I'll try) but the interface reminds me of the old Usenet news readers (like "rn" and "tin") that I used to use "back in the day". :-)

@1010milton 9 ай бұрын

Hi Veronica, Thank you for the great demo. Can I use Text to Speach to read allowed each artical. What aplication would you recomend for tts. Thanks.

@MustafaTaqi Жыл бұрын

Resto in peace Aron Swartz the inventer of the rss feed

@Andre12623 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, interesting program. So, now i test eMails in terminal, with neomutt. (Sorry, for my bad english. i'm german) :D

@bersi3306 2 жыл бұрын

This Channel is awesome! Subs++

@VeronicaExplains 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@Meleeman011 2 жыл бұрын

yes please nerd out. i was looking up fortran tutorials for fun XD

@mananabanana 2 жыл бұрын

+1 for the sequel!

@send2gl 2 жыл бұрын

Never looked in to RSS feeds but you made it sound interesting and fascinating so shall install now. (Linux MX Debian) My config file appears to be called urls and is in /root/.newsboat/ As is often the case with Linux the config file has now turned up in my home directory, probably after trying to run it but is called urls. All working now.

@krull1981 Жыл бұрын

I mainly use QuiteRSS on Windows. But i've also got into using Newsboat on my Raspberry Pi. I find using that and Lynx with the local uk newspapers filtered through FrogFind is a lot less destracting.