RSS Feed Readers

I've been using Google Reader as my primary RSS reader. I did read a notice on LinkedIn about subscribing to network updates;

Important note about web-based feed readers

Some web-based feed readers publish your feed URLs on the web, making them available to search engines and everyone else. You should not subscribe to LinkedIn’s Personal feeds with a web-based feed reader unless it guarantees that your feeds are kept private.

So I decided to install a PC-based feed reader for these updates. I was fascinated by the difference in the steps required to install a simple application like this for Windows (XP) and Linux (Ubuntu).

Windows

I settled on FeedDemon for use with XP. Here are the installation steps;

1. Google RSS feed readers and find the desired application
2. Download the installer
3. Logout
4. Log in as a user with administrative rights, otherwise step 5. will result in the error; "You must be logged in an administrator when installing this program"
   
5. Open the installer (remembering where I stored the install file)
6. Answer the installer prompts
7. Logout
8. Log back in as a regular user
9. Launch the program

Linux
I settled on Liferea for Ubuntu. Again, here are the installation steps;

1. Google RSS feed readers and find the desired application
2. The recommendation included an apt statement for the install, so - Open a terminal session
3. Type in, or copy and paste from the web site recommending the program; sudo aptitude install liferea
4. Enter the administrative password, wait for the install to complete
   
5. Launch the program

Somehow, I had believed that Linux was harder to work with than Windows. Seems I was mistaken.