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Blades said:
Kindle Nook is cheaper and sold more I believe

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And absolutely no use if you're in the UK, except as a doorstop maybe..

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Max
 
I really am in the market for one of these, but I'd like some reassurance from somebody before I buy one. My main concern is whether the Kindle can be coaxed into working with Linux. I'm only really interested in txt, rtf and pdf formats, so surely it can't be a problem?
 
Arrowhead said:
I really am in the market for one of these, but I'd like some reassurance from somebody before I buy one. My main concern is whether the Kindle can be coaxed into working with Linux. I'm only really interested in txt, rtf and pdf formats, so surely it can't be a problem?
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No idea, she downloads a book using the free 3G connection and reads them.
 
Arrowhead said:
I really am in the market for one of these, but I'd like some reassurance from somebody before I buy one. My main concern is whether the Kindle can be coaxed into working with Linux. I'm only really interested in txt, rtf and pdf formats, so surely it can't be a problem?
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According to the Amazon web site you can send pdfs and word docs to the device.
 
Text files are one of the native formats that require no conversion, PDF's can be converted through Amazon or locally on the system for transfer to the Kindle.

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I think you need to use WINE or other environment to get it to work with Linux, one guy I know of in work has a Windows and Linux installation and just uses Windows for convenience. I am tempted by one myself, I will ask him when I am back in the office if you want.

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Seems it can be done, but as usual lots of conflicting info out there.
 
I bought my wife one for her birthday at the beginning of December, it's a fantastic bit of kit, the screen in particular is amazing, just like a book page. There's no reason why it shouldn't work on Linux. In fact, the Kindle need never see a PC connection just your wireless network. Order a book on the Amazon site and it will be delivered wirelessly to your Kindle almost immediately. Other files can be delivered to the device by emailing them to a free email address that Amazon provide for your Kindle. Or you can connect it up to the computer via USB and it will be recognised as an external device, which you can just drag and drop to.

There is a fantastic bit of free ebook management software called Calibre, which is like iTunes for ebooks and enables you to manage your ebook collection as well as convert between the different file formats that are used for ebooks; Amazon's proprietary format is mobi and you can easily convert other formats such as epub into this. There is a Linux distribution of Calibre available.
 
My Dad got one for Xmas, and i have spent the last few days playing and (obviously) reading it. Outcome...? I think i may be buying one in the next couple of weeks.
 
Audiolab said:
Text files are one of the native formats that require no conversion, PDF's can be converted through Amazon or locally on the system for transfer to the Kindle.
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No need for pdfs to be converted, they can be viewed as is. Although you either have to view them full screen or zoom in and scroll around. Text heavy pdfs can be converted to fit the Kindle aspect ratio/resolution with good results, but if you have a pdf with figures or diagrams then it is best not to convert as this way you will still be able to view the figures which in a lot of cases don't convert correctly.
 
Nook out does the Kindle by a wide majority if features and has free books and it can browse local online libraries instead of physically going there..plus it's cheaper and in color


FrenchBlade said:
Blades said:
Kindle Nook is cheaper and sold more I believe

B
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And absolutely no use if you're in the UK, except as a doorstop maybe..

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Max
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