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Content of an Article in an RSS Feed

Definition
In an RSS feed, each declared article has a piece of content associated with it that can be the entire article or a snippet.
Linked Webpage of an Article in an RSS Feed

Definition
In an RSS feed, each article may have a webpage associated with it. RSS clients display this associated webpage in various ways.
Responsive Design

Definition
Designing graphical user interfaces capable of "responding" to changes in the width of their display area.
Categories Declared in an RSS Feed

Definition
It's possible for an RSS feed to declare in its XML code what categories are associated with each article.
Comparison of RSS Readers

Review
A comparison of the best free RSS readers for PC (Windows, Linux, and macOS).
Fluent Reader

Free
Linux
macOS
Open Source
Windows
Free local RSS client available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
My Review of RSS Guard

Review
RSS Guard is an extremely well-made and polished RSS client with excellent support for both basic and advanced features.
How to Use RSS to Subscribe to a Mastodon Account

Tutorial
Tutorial: how to use RSS to subscribe to a Mastodon account, so you can get their toots in your RSS client.
How to Use RSS to Subscribe to a Youtube Channel

Tutorial
Tutorial: how to use RSS to subscribe to a Youtube channel, so you can get notified when a channel posts new Youtube videos by your RSS client.
Why RSS Guard Adds The Same Feed Repeated Five Times

Explanation
When adding a new RSS feed to RSS Guard using a webpage's URL, sometimes the same title is repeated five times, and the same title AND type (RSS 2.0/2.0.1) appears repeated three times! Why does this happen? What is the reason for all these duplicated feeds?
Liferea

Free
Linux
Open Source
Local RSS client available for Linux.
How to Delete a Flatpak's User Data on Linux Mint

Tutorial
Tutorial: how to delete a flatpak's user's data on Linux Mint, so that we can completely uninstall a flatpak, or simply reset the user configuration to its defaults.
My Review of NewsFlash

NewsFlash has a minimalist design, good support for basic functionality, but doesn't support many advanced features you would want in an RSS client.
NewsFlash

Free
Linux
Open Source
Local RSS client available for Linux. It's "the spiritual successor to FeedReader."
RSS Guard

BSD
Free
Linux
macOS
Open Source
OS/2
Windows
Free local RSS client available for Windows, Linux, BSD, OS/2 and macOS.
My Review of Vivaldi as an RSS Client

Vivaldi makes it very easy to subscribe to new RSS feeds, but it doesn't provide much of the functionality you would want to manage a large amount of feeds.
How to Subscribe to an RSS Feed in Vivaldi

Tutorial: learn how to subscribe to an RSS feed in Vivaldi, the web browser.
How to Add an RSS Feed to Thunderbird

Tutorial
Tutorial: learn how to add an RSS feed to Thunderbird (version 128.3).
How to Find the RSS Feed URL of a Website

5 methods you can use to find the URL for the RSS feed of a website that supports RSS.
How to Decide the Update Frequency of an RSS Feed

The answer is often once per day, in some cases once per week. In this article, we'll learn how to decide that.