Removing the News Widget

19 files changed, 5 insertions, 894 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8336db79e..2da909f28 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -495,16 +495,6 @@ if(WITH_TRACE_CALLS)
   add_definitions(-DWITH_TRACE_CALLS)
 endif()
 
-option(WITH_NEWS "Disable online version checking" ON)
-if(WITH_NEWS)
-  message(STATUS "Enabling version check connecting to remmina.org")
-  add_definitions(-DWITH_NEWS)
-  set(RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS 1)
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Disabling version check connecting to remmina.org")
-  set(RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS 0)
-endif()
-
 option(WITH_MANPAGES "Build with MANPAGES" ON)
 if(WITH_MANPAGES)
   message(STATUS "Enabling man pages.")
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 077f1339c..0a22836dc 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #define REMMINA_APP_ID		"${REMMINA_APP_ID}"
 #define VERSION			"${Remmina_VERSION}"
 #define REMMINA_GIT_REVISION	"${REMMINA_GIT_REVISION}"
-#define RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS	${RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS}
 
 #define GETTEXT_PACKAGE		remmina
 
diff --git a/data/ui/remmina_main.glade b/data/ui/remmina_main.glade
index c0f90f89f..609cd80eb 100644
--- a/data/ui/remmina_main.glade
+++ b/data/ui/remmina_main.glade
@@ -330,16 +330,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
                       </object>
                     </child>
                     <child>
-                      <object class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem_help_news">
-                        <property name="visible">True</property>
-                        <property name="app-paintable">True</property>
-                        <property name="can-focus">False</property>
-                        <property name="action-name">app.news</property>
-                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">News</property>
-                        <property name="use-underline">True</property>
-                      </object>
-                    </child>
-                    <child>
                       <object class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem_help_homepage">
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="app-paintable">True</property>
diff --git a/data/ui/remmina_preferences.glade b/data/ui/remmina_preferences.glade
index 6be3f20ab..71fe2ef60 100644
--- a/data/ui/remmina_preferences.glade
+++ b/data/ui/remmina_preferences.glade
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">0</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
+                        <property name="top-attach">11</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
                     <child>
@@ -402,58 +402,11 @@
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">1</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
-                        <property name="width">2</property>
-                      </packing>
-                    </child>
-                    <child>
-                      <object class="GtkSwitch" id="switch_permit_news">
-                        <property name="visible">True</property>
-                        <property name="can-focus">True</property>
-                        <property name="halign">start</property>
-                        <property name="valign">center</property>
-                        <property name="margin-end">18</property>
-                      </object>
-                      <packing>
-                        <property name="left-attach">1</property>
                         <property name="top-attach">11</property>
                         <property name="width">2</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
                     <child>
-                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="privacy_disclaimer_label">
-                        <property name="visible">True</property>
-                        <property name="can-focus">False</property>
-                        <property name="halign">start</property>
-                        <property name="margin-start">18</property>
-                        <property name="margin-end">18</property>
-                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">* By enabling news you consent to fetch data from remmina.org</property>
-                        <property name="justify">fill</property>
-                        <property name="wrap">True</property>
-                        <property name="wrap-mode">word-char</property>
-                      </object>
-                      <packing>
-                        <property name="left-attach">0</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">14</property>
-                        <property name="width">3</property>
-                      </packing>
-                    </child>
-                    <child>
-                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="rmnews_allow_news_label">
-                        <property name="visible">True</property>
-                        <property name="can-focus">True</property>
-                        <property name="halign">start</property>
-                        <property name="margin-start">18</property>
-                        <property name="margin-end">6</property>
-                        <property name="label" translatable="yes" comments="The star (*) is a reference to privacy consent">Fetch news from &lt;a href="https://remmina.org" title="Remmina news site"&gt;remmina.org&lt;/a&gt; (*)</property>
-                        <property name="use-markup">True</property>
-                      </object>
-                      <packing>
-                        <property name="left-attach">0</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">11</property>
-                      </packing>
-                    </child>
-                    <child>
                       <object class="GtkEntry" id="entry_options_recent_items">
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="can-focus">True</property>
@@ -497,7 +450,7 @@
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">0</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">13</property>
+                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
                     <child>
@@ -511,7 +464,7 @@
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">1</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">13</property>
+                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
                         <property name="width">2</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
@@ -2378,7 +2331,7 @@ Except the "Weak" method, all the others are recommended, "Keystore" is the defa
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">0</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
+                        <property name="top-attach">11</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
                     <child>
@@ -2393,7 +2346,7 @@ Except the "Weak" method, all the others are recommended, "Keystore" is the defa
                       </object>
                       <packing>
                         <property name="left-attach">1</property>
-                        <property name="top-attach">12</property>
+                        <property name="top-attach">11</property>
                         <property name="width">8</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
diff --git a/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina-local.json b/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina-local.json
index b2da8f60f..e30c1cc9a 100644
--- a/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina-local.json
+++ b/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina-local.json
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@
             ],
             "config-opts": [
                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug",
-                "-DWITH_NEWS:BOOL=ON",
                 "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH=lib",
                 "-DWITH_FREERDP3:BOOL=OFF",
                 "-DWITH_GVNC:BOOL=ON",
diff --git a/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina.json b/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina.json
index 756d3fae4..331751113 100644
--- a/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina.json
+++ b/flatpak/org.remmina.Remmina.json
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@
             ],
             "config-opts": [
                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release",
-                "-DWITH_NEWS:BOOL=ON",
                 "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH=lib",
                 "-DWITH_FREERDP3:BOOL=OFF",
                 "-DWITH_GVNC:BOOL=ON",
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 71a0dac00..e9e9a2700 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ parts:
       - libjson-glib-dev
       - libkf5wallet-dev
       - libsodium-dev
-      - libsoup2.4-dev
       - libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev
       - libspice-protocol-dev
       - libssh-dev
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ parts:
       - xterm
     cmake-parameters:
       - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-      - -DWITH_NEWS:BOOL=ON
       - -DWITH_FREERDP3=OFF
       - -DWITH_KF5WALLET=ON
       - -DWITH_GVNC=ON
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f9e880f7c..415ce23af 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ list(
   "remmina_sysinfo.c"
   "rcw.c"
   "rcw.h"
-  "rmnews.c"
-  "rmnews.h"
   "remmina_mpchange.c"
   "remmina_mpchange.h"
   "remmina_scheduler.c"
@@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ set(RESOURCE_LIST
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_key_chooser.glade
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_main.glade
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_mpc.glade
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_news.glade
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_passwd.glade
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_preferences.glade
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/ui/remmina_search.glade
@@ -251,13 +248,6 @@ if(GTK3_FOUND)
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "json-glib library not found")
   endif()
-  find_required_package(LIBSOUP)
-  if(LIBSOUP_FOUND)
-    include_directories(${LIBSOUP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(remmina ${LIBSOUP_LIBRARIES})
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "libsoup 2.4 library not found")
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 find_required_package(PCRE2)
diff --git a/src/remmina.1 b/src/remmina.1
index e64b78b8b..27fc5057a 100644
--- a/src/remmina.1
+++ b/src/remmina.1
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ Encrypt a password
 X display to use
 .PP
 .RE
-\fB--disable-news\fR
-.RS 4
-Disable news notification
-.PP
-.RE
 \fB--disable-toolbar\fR
 .RS 4
 Disable toolbar
diff --git a/src/remmina.c b/src/remmina.c
index 2156bff30..5b59339f8 100644
--- a/src/remmina.c
+++ b/src/remmina.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include "remmina_ssh_plugin.h"
 #include "remmina_widget_pool.h"
 #include "remmina/remmina_trace_calls.h"
-#include "rmnews.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ static int gcrypt_thread_initialized = 0;
 #endif  /* HAVE_LIBGCRYPT */
 
 gboolean kioskmode;
-gboolean disablenews;
 gboolean disabletoolbar;
 gboolean fullscreen;
 gboolean extrahardening;
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ static GOptionEntry remmina_options[] =
 	// TRANSLATORS: Shown in terminal. Do not use characters that may be not supported on a terminal
 	{ "set-option",	      0,    0,			  G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,   NULL, N_("Set one or more profile settings, to be used with --update-profile"),		     NULL	},
 	{ "encrypt-password", 0,    0,			  G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	       NULL, N_("Encrypt a password"),												  NULL		 },
-	{ "disable-news", 0,    0,			  G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	       NULL, N_("Disable news notification"),												  NULL		 },
 	{ "disable-toolbar", 0,    0,			  G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	       NULL, N_("Disable toolbar"),												  NULL		 },
 	{ "enable-fullscreen", 0,    0,			  G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	       NULL, N_("Enable fullscreen"),												  NULL		 },
 	{ "enable-extra-hardening", 0,    0,		  G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	       NULL, N_("Enable extra hardening (disable closing confirmation, disable unsafe shortcut keys, hide tabs, hide search bar)"),	  NULL		 },
@@ -167,10 +164,6 @@ static gint remmina_on_command_line(GApplication *app, GApplicationCommandLine *
 #endif
 	opts = g_application_command_line_get_options_dict(cmdline);
 
-	if (g_variant_dict_lookup_value(opts, "disable-news", NULL)) {
-		disablenews = TRUE;
-	}
-
 	if (g_variant_dict_lookup_value(opts, "disable-toolbar", NULL)) {
 		disabletoolbar = TRUE;
 	}
@@ -298,8 +291,6 @@ static void remmina_on_startup(GApplication *app)
 					  REMMINA_RUNTIME_DATADIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "icons");
 	g_application_hold(app);
 
-	rmnews_schedule();
-
 	/* Check for secret plugin and service initialization and show console warnings if
 	 * something is missing */
 	secret_plugin = remmina_plugin_manager_get_secret_plugin();
diff --git a/src/remmina.scd b/src/remmina.scd
index 007bf381c..b397ae5a8 100644
--- a/src/remmina.scd
+++ b/src/remmina.scd
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ The filetype can be ".remmina" or one supported by a plugin capable of
 *--display=DISPLAY*
 	X display to use
 
-*--disable-news*
-	Disable news notification
-
 *--disable-toolbar*
 	Disable toolbar
 
diff --git a/src/remmina_main.c b/src/remmina_main.c
index 003576c44..1c53cebae 100644
--- a/src/remmina_main.c
+++ b/src/remmina_main.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ const gchar *supported_mime_types[] = {
 
 static GActionEntry app_actions[] = {
 	{ "about",	 remmina_main_on_action_application_about,	 NULL, NULL, NULL },
-	{ "news",	 remmina_main_on_action_application_news,	 NULL, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "default",	 remmina_main_on_action_application_default,	 NULL, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "mpchange",	 remmina_main_on_action_application_mpchange,	 NULL, NULL, NULL },
 	{ "plugins",	 remmina_main_on_action_application_plugins,	 NULL, NULL, NULL },
@@ -1239,16 +1238,6 @@ void remmina_main_on_action_application_about(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *p
 	remmina_about_open(remminamain->window);
 };
 
-void remmina_main_on_action_application_news(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Setting news counters to 0");
-	remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = 0;
-	remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = 0;
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Saving preferences");
-	remmina_pref_save();
-};
-
 static gboolean is_empty(const gchar *s)
 {
 	if (s == NULL)
diff --git a/src/remmina_main.h b/src/remmina_main.h
index ebe26eabc..f57e65ac2 100644
--- a/src/remmina_main.h
+++ b/src/remmina_main.h
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void remmina_main_save_before_destroy(void);
 void remmina_main_show_dialog(GtkMessageType msg, GtkButtonsType buttons, const gchar* message);
 void remmina_main_show_warning_dialog(const gchar *message);
 void remmina_main_on_action_application_about(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data);
-void remmina_main_on_action_application_news(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data);
 void remmina_main_on_action_application_default(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data);
 void remmina_main_on_action_application_mpchange(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data);
 void remmina_main_on_action_application_plugins(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data);
diff --git a/src/remmina_pref.c b/src/remmina_pref.c
index b0cc6f568..e420bb1d8 100644
--- a/src/remmina_pref.c
+++ b/src/remmina_pref.c
@@ -734,35 +734,6 @@ void remmina_pref_init(void)
 
 	remmina_pref_file_load_colors(gkeyfile, &remmina_pref.color_pref);
 
-	/** RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS is equal to 0 (FALSE) when compiled with -DWiTH_NEWS=OFF,
-	 * otherwise is value is 1 (TRUE), that is the default value
-	 */
-	if (RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS == 0)
-		remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS;
-	else if (g_key_file_has_key(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_news_permitted", NULL))
-		remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = g_key_file_get_boolean(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_news_permitted", NULL);
-	else
-		remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS;
-
-
-	if (g_key_file_has_key(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_last_get", NULL)) {
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = g_key_file_get_int64(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_last_get", NULL);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-	} else {
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = 0;
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to 0");
-	}
-
-	if (g_key_file_has_key(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_get_count", NULL))
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = g_key_file_get_int64(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_get_count", NULL);
-	else
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = 0;
-
-	if (g_key_file_has_key(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix", NULL))
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix = g_key_file_get_string(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix", NULL);
-	else
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix = NULL;
-
 	/* If we have a color scheme file, we switch to it, GIO will merge it in the
 	 * remmina.pref file */
 	if (g_file_test(remmina_colors_file, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
@@ -928,13 +899,6 @@ gboolean remmina_pref_save(void)
 	g_key_file_set_string(gkeyfile, "ssh_colors", "color14", remmina_pref.color_pref.color14 ? remmina_pref.color_pref.color14 : "");
 	g_key_file_set_string(gkeyfile, "ssh_colors", "color15", remmina_pref.color_pref.color15 ? remmina_pref.color_pref.color15 : "");
 
-	g_key_file_set_boolean(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_news_permitted", remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted);
-	g_debug("(%s) - Setting periodic_rmnews_last_get to %ld", __func__, remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-	g_key_file_set_int64(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_last_get", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-	g_key_file_set_integer(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_get_count", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count);
-	g_key_file_set_string(gkeyfile, "remmina_news", "periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix",
-			      remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix ? remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix : "");
-
 	/* Default settings */
 	g_key_file_set_string(gkeyfile, "remmina", "name", "");
 	g_key_file_set_integer(gkeyfile, "remmina", "ignore-tls-errors", 1);
diff --git a/src/remmina_pref.h b/src/remmina_pref.h
index 5631b1589..371ae5243 100644
--- a/src/remmina_pref.h
+++ b/src/remmina_pref.h
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ typedef struct _RemminaPref {
 	/* Usage stats */
 	gchar *			last_success;
 
-	/* Remmina news */
-	gboolean		periodic_news_permitted;
-	glong			periodic_rmnews_last_get;
-	glong			periodic_rmnews_get_count;
-	gchar *			periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix;
 } RemminaPref;
 
 #define DEFAULT_SSH_PARSECONFIG TRUE
diff --git a/src/remmina_pref_dialog.c b/src/remmina_pref_dialog.c
index 68f8809e1..5478692df 100644
--- a/src/remmina_pref_dialog.c
+++ b/src/remmina_pref_dialog.c
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ void remmina_pref_on_dialog_destroy(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer user_data)
 	remmina_pref.hide_connection_toolbar = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_toolbar));
 	remmina_pref.hide_searchbar = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_searchbar));
 
-	b = gtk_switch_get_active(GTK_SWITCH(remmina_pref_dialog->switch_permit_news));
-	remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = b;
-
 	remmina_pref.default_action = gtk_combo_box_get_active(remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_options_double_click);
 	remmina_pref.default_mode = gtk_combo_box_get_active(remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_appearance_view_mode);
 	remmina_pref.tab_mode = gtk_combo_box_get_active(remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_appearance_tab_interface);
@@ -495,8 +492,6 @@ static void remmina_pref_dialog_init(void)
 	gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_toolbar), remmina_pref.hide_connection_toolbar);
 	gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_searchbar), remmina_pref.hide_searchbar);
 
-	gtk_switch_set_active(GTK_SWITCH(remmina_pref_dialog->switch_permit_news), remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted);
-
 	g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%i", remmina_pref.sshtunnel_port);
 	gtk_entry_set_text(remmina_pref_dialog->entry_options_ssh_port, buf);
 	g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%i", remmina_pref.ssh_tcp_keepidle);
@@ -725,8 +720,6 @@ GtkWidget *remmina_pref_dialog_new(gint default_tab, GtkWindow *parent)
 	remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_show_notes = GTK_CHECK_BUTTON(GET_OBJECT("checkbutton_appearance_show_notes"));
 	remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_toolbar = GTK_CHECK_BUTTON(GET_OBJECT("checkbutton_appearance_hide_toolbar"));
 	remmina_pref_dialog->checkbutton_appearance_hide_searchbar = GTK_CHECK_BUTTON(GET_OBJECT("checkbutton_appearance_hide_searchbar"));
-	remmina_pref_dialog->switch_permit_news = GTK_SWITCH(GET_OBJECT("switch_permit_news"));
-	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(GTK_WIDGET(remmina_pref_dialog->switch_permit_news), RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS);
 	remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_options_double_click = GTK_COMBO_BOX(GET_OBJECT("comboboxtext_options_double_click"));
 	remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_appearance_view_mode = GTK_COMBO_BOX(GET_OBJECT("comboboxtext_appearance_view_mode"));
 	remmina_pref_dialog->comboboxtext_appearance_tab_interface = GTK_COMBO_BOX(GET_OBJECT("comboboxtext_appearance_tab_interface"));
diff --git a/src/remmina_pref_dialog.h b/src/remmina_pref_dialog.h
index 2b5d8a758..7ac42914d 100644
--- a/src/remmina_pref_dialog.h
+++ b/src/remmina_pref_dialog.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ typedef struct _RemminaPrefDialog {
 	GtkCheckButton *	checkbutton_appearance_show_notes;
 	GtkCheckButton *	checkbutton_appearance_hide_toolbar;
 	GtkCheckButton *	checkbutton_appearance_hide_searchbar;
-	GtkSwitch *		switch_permit_news;
 	GtkComboBox *		comboboxtext_options_double_click;
 	GtkComboBox *		comboboxtext_appearance_view_mode;
 	GtkComboBox *		comboboxtext_appearance_tab_interface;
diff --git a/src/rmnews.c b/src/rmnews.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f44af8704..000000000
--- a/src/rmnews.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,671 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client
- * Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Antenore Gatta, Giovanni Panozzo
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
- * Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
- *
- *  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
- *  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
- *  OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
- *  individual source file, and distribute linked combinations
- *  including the two.
- *  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects
- *  for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. *  If you modify
- *  file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to your
- *  version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. *  If you
- *  do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
- *  version. *  If you delete this exception statement from all source
- *  files in the program, then also delete it here.
- *
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-#include "remmina/remmina_trace_calls.h"
-
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
-#include <gio/gio.h>
-#include <glib/gi18n.h>
-#include <glib/gstdio.h>
-#include <libsoup/soup.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-#include "remmina.h"
-#include "remmina_main.h"
-#include "remmina_log.h"
-#include "remmina_pref.h"
-#include "remmina_public.h"
-#include "remmina_sodium.h"
-#include "remmina_utils.h"
-#include "remmina_scheduler.h"
-#include "remmina_sysinfo.h"
-#include "rmnews.h"
-
-#define ARR_SIZE(arr) (sizeof((arr)) / sizeof((arr[0])))
-/* Neas file buffer */
-#define READ_BUFFER_LEN 1024
-/* Timers */
-#define RMNEWS_CHECK_1ST_MS 3000
-#define RMNEWS_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS 12000
-/* How many seconds before to get news */
-#define RMNEWS_INTERVAL_SEC 604800
-/* TODO: move in config.h */
-#define REMMINA_URL "https://remmina.org/"
-#define RMNEWS_OUTPUT "/var/tmp/latest_news.md"
-
-static RemminaNewsDialog *rmnews_news_dialog;
-#define GET_OBJ(object_name) gtk_builder_get_object(rmnews_news_dialog->builder, object_name)
-
-static SoupSession *session;
-
-#if SOUP_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-#define soup_message_get_status(message) message->status_code
-#define soup_message_get_response_headers(message) message->response_headers
-#endif
-
-static const gchar *output_file_path = NULL;
-
-static
-const gchar *supported_mime_types[] = {
-	"x-scheme-handler/rdp",
-	"x-scheme-handler/spice",
-	"x-scheme-handler/vnc",
-	"x-scheme-handler/remmina",
-	"application/x-remmina",
-	NULL
-};
-
-gint eweekdays[7] = {
-	86400,
-	172800,
-	259200,
-	345600,
-	432000,
-	518400,
-	604800
-};
-
-
-#if SOUP_CHECK_VERSION (2, 99, 2)
-static void rmnews_on_stream_splice (GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer user_data)
-{
-        GError *error = NULL;
-        g_output_stream_splice_finish (G_OUTPUT_STREAM (source),
-                                       result,
-                                       &error);
-        if (error) {
-                g_printerr ("Failed to download: %s\n", error->message);
-                g_error_free (error);
-                return;
-        }
-
-}
-#endif
-
-void rmnews_news_switch_state_set_cb()
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	if (rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch && \
-	    gtk_switch_get_active(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch)) {
-		remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = TRUE;
-		remmina_pref_save();
-	} else {
-		remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted = FALSE;
-		remmina_pref_save();
-	}
-}
-
-void rmnews_defaultcl_on_click()
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
-	GDesktopAppInfo *desktop_info;
-	GAppInfo *info = NULL;
-	g_autofree gchar *id = g_strconcat(REMMINA_APP_ID, ".desktop", NULL);
-	int i;
-
-	desktop_info = g_desktop_app_info_new(id);
-	if (!desktop_info)
-		return;
-
-	info = G_APP_INFO(desktop_info);
-
-	for (i = 0; supported_mime_types[i]; i++) {
-		if (!g_app_info_set_as_default_for_type(info, supported_mime_types[i], &error))
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Failed to set '%s' as the default application for secondary content type '%s': %s",
-				  g_app_info_get_name(info), supported_mime_types[i], error->message);
-		else
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Set '%s' as the default application for '%s'",
-				      g_app_info_get_name(info),
-				      supported_mime_types[i]);
-	}
-}
-
-static gchar *rmnews_get_file_contents(gchar *path)
-{
-	gsize size;
-	gchar *content;
-
-	if (g_file_get_contents(path, &content, &size, NULL)) {
-		if (!g_utf8_validate(content, size, NULL)) {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("%s content is not UTF-8", path);
-			g_free(content);
-			content = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	//return g_markup_escape_text(content, strlen(content));
-	return content;
-}
-
-static void rmnews_close_clicked(GtkButton *btn, gpointer user_data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	if (rmnews_news_dialog->dialog)
-		gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->dialog = NULL;
-	g_free(rmnews_news_dialog);
-	rmnews_news_dialog = NULL;
-}
-
-static gboolean rmnews_dialog_deleted(GtkButton *btn, gpointer user_data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->dialog = NULL;
-	g_free(rmnews_news_dialog);
-	rmnews_news_dialog = NULL;
-
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
-void rmnews_show_news(GtkWindow *parent)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-
-	if (disablenews) return;
-
-	rmnews_news_dialog = g_new0(RemminaNewsDialog, 1);
-	rmnews_news_dialog->retval = 1;
-
-	rmnews_news_dialog->builder = remmina_public_gtk_builder_new_from_resource("/org/remmina/Remmina/src/../data/ui/remmina_news.glade");
-	rmnews_news_dialog->dialog = GTK_DIALOG(gtk_builder_get_object(rmnews_news_dialog->builder, "RemminaNewsDialog"));
-
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_text_view = GTK_TEXT_VIEW(GET_OBJ("rmnews_text_view"));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_label = GTK_LABEL(GET_OBJ("rmnews_label"));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_defaultcl_label = GTK_LABEL(GET_OBJ("rmnews_defaultcl_label"));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_defaultcl_button = GTK_BUTTON(GET_OBJ("rmnews_defaultcl_switch"));
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch = GTK_SWITCH(GET_OBJ("rmnews_news_switch"));
-	if (remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted == 1)
-		gtk_switch_set_active(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch, TRUE);
-	else
-		gtk_switch_set_active(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch, FALSE);
-	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_news_switch), RMNEWS_ENABLE_NEWS);
-
-	rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_button_close = GTK_BUTTON(GET_OBJ("rmnews_button_close"));
-	gtk_widget_set_can_default(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_button_close), TRUE);
-	gtk_widget_grab_default(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_button_close));
-
-	if (remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted == 1) {
-		gchar *contents = rmnews_get_file_contents(g_strdup(output_file_path));
-		if (contents) {
-			gtk_label_set_markup(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_label, contents);
-			g_free(contents);
-		}
-	}
-
-	g_signal_connect(rmnews_news_dialog->rmnews_button_close, "clicked",
-			 G_CALLBACK(rmnews_close_clicked), (gpointer)rmnews_news_dialog);
-	g_signal_connect(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog, "close",
-			 G_CALLBACK(rmnews_close_clicked), NULL);
-	g_signal_connect(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog, "delete-event",
-			 G_CALLBACK(rmnews_dialog_deleted), NULL);
-
-	/* Connect signals */
-	gtk_builder_connect_signals(rmnews_news_dialog->builder, NULL);
-
-	/* Show the non-modal news dialog */
-	gtk_widget_show_all(GTK_WIDGET(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog));
-	gtk_window_present(GTK_WINDOW(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog));
-	if (parent)
-		gtk_window_set_transient_for(GTK_WINDOW(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog), parent);
-	gtk_window_set_modal(GTK_WINDOW(rmnews_news_dialog->dialog), TRUE);
-}
-
-#if SOUP_CHECK_VERSION (2, 99, 2)
-static void rmnews_get_url_cb (GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer user_data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	const char *name;
-	const char *header;
-	GFile *output_file;
-	gchar *filesha = NULL;
-	gchar *filesha_after = NULL;
-
-	GError *error = NULL;
-        GInputStream *in = soup_session_send_finish (SOUP_SESSION (source), result, &error);
-
-	if (error) {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Failed to send request: %s", error->message);
-		g_error_free (error);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	GDateTime *gdt = g_date_time_new_now_utc();
-	gint64 unixts = g_date_time_to_unix(gdt);
-	g_date_time_unref(gdt);
-
-        if (output_file_path) {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Calculating the SHA1 of the local file");
-		filesha = remmina_sha1_file(output_file_path);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 is %s", filesha);
-		if (filesha == NULL || filesha[0] == 0) filesha = "0\0";
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Opening %s output file for writing", output_file_path);
-                GFile *output_file = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (output_file_path);
-		GOutputStream *out = G_OUTPUT_STREAM (g_file_replace (output_file, NULL, NULL,
-							G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, NULL, &error));
-                if (error) {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Failed to create \"%s\": %s", output_file_path, error->message);
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-			remmina_pref_save();
-			g_free(filesha); filesha = NULL;
-                        g_error_free (error);
-                        g_object_unref (in);
-                        g_object_unref (output_file);
-			g_object_unref (out);
-                        return;
-                }
-
-		/* Start downloading to the file */
-		// g_output_stream_splice_async (G_OUTPUT_STREAM (out), in,
-		// 		G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_SOURCE | G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_TARGET,
-		// 		G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-		// 		NULL,
-		// 		rmnews_on_stream_splice,
-		// NULL);
-		g_output_stream_splice (G_OUTPUT_STREAM (out), in,
-			  G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_SOURCE | G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_TARGET,
-			  NULL,
-			  &error);
-
-		if (error) {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("Failed to download: %s", error->message);
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-			remmina_pref_save();
-			g_free(filesha); filesha = NULL;
-			g_error_free (error);
-                        g_object_unref (in);
-                        g_object_unref (output_file);
-			g_object_unref (out);
-			return;
-		}
-
-
-		filesha_after = remmina_sha1_file(output_file_path);
-
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 after download is %s", filesha_after);
-		if (g_strcmp0(filesha, filesha_after) != 0) {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 differs, we show the news and reset the counter");
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = 0;
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-			GtkWindow *parent = remmina_main_get_window();
-			if (!kioskmode && kioskmode == FALSE)
-			rmnews_show_news(parent);
-		} else {
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-		}
-		/* Increase counter with number of successful GETs */
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count + 1;
-		remmina_pref_save();
-		g_free(filesha); filesha = NULL;
-		g_object_unref (out);
-	} else {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Cannot open output file for writing, because output_file_path is NULL");
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-		remmina_pref_save();
-		return;
-        }
-
-        g_object_unref (in);
-
-
-}
-#else
-static void rmnews_get_url_cb(SoupSession *session, SoupMessage *msg, gpointer data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	const char *name;
-	const char *header;
-	g_autoptr(SoupBuffer) sb;
-	FILE *output_file = NULL;
-	gchar *filesha = NULL;
-	gchar *filesha_after = NULL;
-	GDateTime *gdt;
-	gint64 unixts;
-	gint status;
-
-	status = soup_message_get_status(msg);
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Status code %d", status);
-
-	name = soup_message_get_uri(msg)->path;
-
-	gdt = g_date_time_new_now_utc();
-	unixts = g_date_time_to_unix(gdt);
-	g_date_time_unref(gdt);
-
-	if (SOUP_STATUS_IS_REDIRECTION(status)) {
-		header = soup_message_headers_get_one(soup_message_get_response_headers(msg),
-						      "Location");
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Redirection detected");
-		if (header) {
-			SoupURI *uri;
-			char *uri_string;
-
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("  -> %s\n", header);
-
-			uri = soup_uri_new_with_base(soup_message_get_uri(msg), header);
-			uri_string = soup_uri_to_string(uri, FALSE);
-			rmnews_get_url(uri_string);
-			g_free(uri_string);
-			soup_uri_free(uri);
-		}
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-		remmina_pref_save();
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!SOUP_STATUS_IS_SUCCESSFUL(status)) {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Could not access %s: %s", name , soup_status_get_phrase(status));
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-		remmina_pref_save();
-		return;
-	} else {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Status 200");
-		if (output_file_path) {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Calculating the SHA1 of the local file");
-			filesha = remmina_sha1_file(output_file_path);
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 is %s", filesha);
-			if (filesha == NULL || filesha[0] == 0) filesha = "0\0";
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Opening %s output file for writing", output_file_path);
-			output_file = fopen(output_file_path, "w");
-			if (!output_file) {
-				REMMINA_DEBUG("Error trying to create file %s.", output_file_path);
-				remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-				REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-				REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-				remmina_pref_save();
-				g_free(filesha); filesha = NULL;
-				return;
-			}
-		} else {
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("Cannot open output file for writing, because output_file_path is NULL");
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-			REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-			remmina_pref_save();
-			return;
-		}
-		sb = soup_message_body_flatten(msg->response_body);
-		if (output_file) {
-			fwrite(sb->data, 1, sb->length, output_file);
-
-			if (output_file_path) {
-				fclose(output_file);
-				filesha_after = remmina_sha1_file(output_file_path);
-			}
-			REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 after download is %s", filesha_after);
-			if (g_strcmp0(filesha, filesha_after) != 0) {
-				REMMINA_DEBUG("SHA1 differs, we show the news and reset the counter");
-				remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = 0;
-				REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-				REMMINA_DEBUG ("Saving preferences");
-				GtkWindow *parent = remmina_main_get_window();
-				if (!kioskmode && kioskmode == FALSE)
-					rmnews_show_news(parent);
-			} else {
-				remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts;
-			}
-			/* Increase counter with number of successful GETs */
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count + 1;
-			remmina_pref_save();
-			g_free(filesha); filesha = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	g_object_unref(msg);
-}
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Try to get a unique system+user ID to identify this remmina user
- * and avoid some duplicated task, especially on news management
- * @return a string
- * @warning The returned string must be freed with g_free.
- */
-gchar *rmnews_get_uid()
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	GChecksum *chs;
-	const gchar *uname, *hname;
-	const gchar *uid_suffix;
-	gchar *uid_prefix;
-	gchar *uid;
-
-	/* This code is very similar to remmina_stats_get_uid() */
-
-	if (remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix == NULL || remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix[0] == 0) {
-		/* Generate a new UUID_PREFIX for news on this installation */
-		uid_prefix = remmina_gen_random_uuid();
-		if (remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix)
-			g_free(remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix);
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix = uid_prefix;
-		remmina_pref_save();
-	}
-
-	uname = g_get_user_name();
-	hname = g_get_host_name();
-	chs = g_checksum_new(G_CHECKSUM_SHA256);
-	g_checksum_update(chs, (const guchar *)uname, strlen(uname));
-	g_checksum_update(chs, (const guchar *)hname, strlen(hname));
-	uid_suffix = g_checksum_get_string(chs);
-
-	uid = g_strdup_printf("02-%s-%.10s", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_uuid_prefix, uid_suffix);
-	g_checksum_free(chs);
-
-	return uid;
-}
-
-void rmnews_get_url(const char *url)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-
-	SoupMessage *msg;
-
-	msg = soup_message_new("GET", url);
-	soup_message_set_flags(msg, SOUP_MESSAGE_NO_REDIRECT);
-
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Fetching %s", url);
-
-#if SOUP_CHECK_VERSION (2, 99, 2)
-	// Use soup_session_send_async or soup_session_send_and_read_async
-	soup_session_send_async ( session, msg, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-			NULL,			// cancellable
-			rmnews_get_url_cb,	// callback
-			NULL);			// user_data
-#else
-	g_object_ref(msg);
-	soup_session_queue_message(session, msg, rmnews_get_url_cb, NULL);
-#endif
-}
-
-void rmnews_get_news()
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-
-	SoupLogger *logger = NULL;
-	int fd;
-	gchar *uid;
-	gchar mage[20], gcount[20];
-	struct stat sb;
-
-	gchar *cachedir = g_build_path("/", g_get_user_cache_dir(), REMMINA_APP_ID, NULL);
-	gint d = g_mkdir_with_parents(cachedir, 0750);
-	if (d < 0)
-		output_file_path = RMNEWS_OUTPUT;
-	else
-		output_file_path = g_build_path("/", cachedir, "latest_news.md", NULL);
-
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Output file set to %s", output_file_path);
-
-	if (remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get == 0 &&
-	    remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count == 0) {
-		g_file_set_contents(output_file_path, "", 0, NULL);
-		/* Just a symolic date */
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = 191469343000;
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("periodic_rmnews_last_get set to %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG ("Preferences NOT saved");
-	}
-
-	fd = g_open(output_file_path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Returned %d while creating %s", fd, output_file_path);
-	/* If we cannot create the remmina_news file, we avoid connections */
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Cannot store the remmina news file");
-		return;
-	}
-	g_close(fd, NULL);
-
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Output file %s created successfully", output_file_path);
-
-	if (output_file_path) {
-	} else {
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Output file set to %s", output_file_path);
-	}
-
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Gathering news");
-	/* Build the session with all of the features we need */
-	session = soup_session_new_with_options ("user-agent", "get ",
-                                                 "accept-language-auto", TRUE,
-                                                 "timeout", 15,
-                                                 NULL);
-
-#if SOUP_CHECK_VERSION (2, 99, 2)
-	soup_session_add_feature_by_type (session, SOUP_TYPE_COOKIE_JAR);
-	logger = soup_logger_new(SOUP_LOGGER_LOG_NONE);
-#else
-	session = g_object_new(SOUP_TYPE_SESSION,
-			       SOUP_SESSION_ADD_FEATURE_BY_TYPE, SOUP_TYPE_CONTENT_DECODER,
-			       SOUP_SESSION_ADD_FEATURE_BY_TYPE, SOUP_TYPE_COOKIE_JAR,
-			       SOUP_SESSION_USER_AGENT, "get ",
-			       SOUP_SESSION_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_AUTO, TRUE,
-			       NULL);
-	logger = soup_logger_new(SOUP_LOGGER_LOG_NONE, -1);
-#endif
-	/* TODO: Catch log level and set SOUP_LOGGER_LOG_MINIMAL or more */
-	soup_session_add_feature(session, SOUP_SESSION_FEATURE(logger));
-	g_object_unref(logger);
-
-	gchar *lang = remmina_utils_get_lang();
-	REMMINA_DEBUG("Language %s", lang);
-
-	uid = rmnews_get_uid();
-
-	if (stat("/etc/machine-id", &sb) == 0)
-		sprintf(mage, "%ld", (long)(time(NULL) - sb.st_mtim.tv_sec));
-	else
-		strcpy(mage, "0");
-
-	sprintf(gcount, "%ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count);
-
-	rmnews_get_url(g_strconcat(REMMINA_URL,
-				   "news/remmina_news.php?lang=",
-				   lang,
-				   "&ver="
-				   VERSION,
-				   "&uid=",
-				   uid,
-				   "&sa=0",
-				   "&mage=",
-				   mage,
-				   "&gcount=",
-				   gcount,
-				   NULL));
-
-	g_free(uid);
-	g_object_unref(session);
-}
-
-static gboolean rmnews_periodic_check(gpointer user_data)
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	GDateTime *gdt;
-	gint64 unixts;
-	glong next = 0;
-
-	gdt = g_date_time_new_now_utc();
-	unixts = g_date_time_to_unix(gdt);
-	g_date_time_unref(gdt);
-
-	/* if remmina_pref is not writable ... */
-	if (remmina_pref_is_rw() == FALSE && remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get == 0) {
-		/* We randomly set periodic_rmnews_last_get to a day between today
-		 * and 7 days ago */
-		gint randidx = randombytes_uniform(8);
-		REMMINA_DEBUG("Setting a random periodic_rmnews_last_get to %d - %d", unixts, eweekdays[randidx]);
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get = unixts - eweekdays[randidx];
-	}
-	//REMMINA_DEBUG("periodic_rmnews_last_get is %ld", remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get);
-
-	if (remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted == 0 && remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count < 1) {
-		remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get =
-			(remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get > 1514764800 ? remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get : 0);
-		remmina_pref_save();
-	}
-	next = remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get + RMNEWS_INTERVAL_SEC;
-	if (unixts > next || (unixts < remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_last_get && unixts > 1514764800)) {
-		//REMMINA_DEBUG("remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted is %d", remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted);
-		if (remmina_pref.periodic_news_permitted == 1) {
-			rmnews_get_news();
-		} else if (remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count == 0) {
-			rmnews_show_news(remmina_main_get_window());
-			remmina_pref.periodic_rmnews_get_count = 1;
-			remmina_pref_save();
-		}
-	}
-	return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
-}
-
-void rmnews_schedule()
-{
-	TRACE_CALL(__func__);
-	remmina_scheduler_setup(rmnews_periodic_check,
-				NULL,
-				RMNEWS_CHECK_1ST_MS,
-				RMNEWS_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS);
-}
diff --git a/src/rmnews.h b/src/rmnews.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 734ffe1d0..000000000
--- a/src/rmnews.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client
- * Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Antenore Gatta, Giovanni Panozzo
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
- * Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
- *
- *  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
- *  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
- *  OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
- *  individual source file, and distribute linked combinations
- *  including the two.
- *  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects
- *  for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. *  If you modify
- *  file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to your
- *  version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. *  If you
- *  do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
- *  version. *  If you delete this exception statement from all source
- *  files in the program, then also delete it here.
- *
- */
-
-typedef struct _RemminaNewsDialog {
-	GtkBuilder *	builder;
-	GtkDialog *	dialog;
-
-	GtkTextView *	rmnews_text_view;
-	GtkLabel *	rmnews_label;
-	GtkButton *	rmnews_button_close;
-	GtkLabel *	rmnews_defaultcl_label;
-	GtkButton *	rmnews_defaultcl_button;
-	GtkSwitch *	rmnews_news_switch;
-
-	gint		retval;
-} RemminaNewsDialog;
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-extern gboolean disablenews;
-void rmnews_schedule();
-void rmnews_show_news();
-void rmnews_get_url(const char *url);
-G_END_DECLS