Sony Software Under Ubuntu

smithno · 08-09-2009, 06:09 PM

I recently unplugged my last Windows box at home. I am all Ubuntu. I was hoping that the Sony software would run in a virtual machine running XP. I downloaded the software from the the Sony site. It installed OK but won't run. I launch it and nothing happens. I tried downloading and installing a second time. Same result.

Has anyone gotten the Sony software to run under Linux either in a VM or Wine?

gwynevans · 08-10-2009, 09:08 AM

I run it in XP using VirtualBox on OSX without needing to do anything special...

igorsk · 08-10-2009, 10:37 AM

Try adding the program to XP's DEP exclusion list.

smithno · 08-10-2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

Try adding the program to XP's DEP exclusion list.

Didn't have any effect. I'm running Virtual Box with Ubuntu 8.10 as the host. Any other ideas??

Norm

mediax · 08-12-2009, 08:41 AM

Have you tried using Calibre instead? It handles my PRS505 beautifully.

Pablo · 08-12-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smithno

Didn't have any effect. I'm running Virtual Box with Ubuntu 8.10 as the host. Any other ideas??

Norm

Have you tried VMWARE SERVER? It's one of the best virtualization softwares and it's free.

smithno · 08-12-2009, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mediax

Have you tried using Calibre instead? It handles my PRS505 beautifully.

I use Calibre. I can't buy books from the Sony Store without the software. I don't buy a lot of books from them, but now I can buy none.

Hellmark · 08-13-2009, 12:57 AM

the OSE version of Virtualbox, which is the version in the ubuntu repository, does not support the use of USB. There is another version, available direct from the official Virtualbox website, that includes parts that are closed source, that has USB support.

kovidgoyal · 08-13-2009, 01:05 AM

You shouldn't need USB just use Adobe Digital Editions or the SONY software in windows to download your books. Add them to calibre and use it to send to the reader.

Hellmark · 08-13-2009, 08:55 PM

Kovid, will Calibre work with transfering DRM'ed books? I know it can actually get the files on there, just don't know about having the books then recognize the device

kovidgoyal · 08-14-2009, 12:28 PM

Depends on the DRM scheme, I believe it works for DRMed EPUB and LRX books

Hellmark · 08-14-2009, 03:34 PM

I was mostly interested in epubs with ADEPT, since well, that is what everything seems to be switching to.

kovidgoyal · 08-14-2009, 03:36 PM

DeDRMing ADEPT EPUBs in linux is quite trivial. But yes, they will work if you register your device with digital editions and use it to download the books to you computer, then use calibre to send them

Hellmark · 08-14-2009, 06:40 PM

Oh, I know, and the DRM'ed epubs I've bought, I immediately stripped the DRM. I was just curious if it was possible, without stripping the DRM.

TomHiggins · 08-23-2009, 05:51 PM

Is nice runing Linux as we can avoid much of the DRM clap trap spread out over the years.

Much as I hate DRM i was tempted to try the Adobe Digital Lockdown Editions, I even got as far as installing it on a tinyXP virtual , but at the last moment I got my senses back and rm'd that noise.

Until and unless they make it a benefit to the paying customer I am having little or none of it. Fictionwise was able to sell me, with very little bother, an epub of Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions. If you can get something from Ellison that easy it should be a snap for other authors to get behind it.

As for VirtualBox vs VMware, VB 2.+ and soon 3.+ have some real muscle under the hood such that VMware has not been needed on my systems for some time. Even though a small part of VB is going under a non open license it still is hands down the virtualization app of choice for me.

08-09-2009, 06:09 PM	#1
smithno Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 222484 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tenn., US Device: jetBook, jetBook Lite, Kindle 3, Galaxy Note II	Sony Software Under Ubuntu I recently unplugged my last Windows box at home. I am all Ubuntu. I was hoping that the Sony software would run in a virtual machine running XP. I downloaded the software from the the Sony site. It installed OK but won't run. I launch it and nothing happens. I tried downloading and installing a second time. Same result. Has anyone gotten the Sony software to run under Linux either in a VM or Wine?

08-23-2009, 05:51 PM	#15
TomHiggins Emonk Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Soney PRS 505	DRM fluff and bother Is nice runing Linux as we can avoid much of the DRM clap trap spread out over the years. Much as I hate DRM i was tempted to try the Adobe Digital Lockdown Editions, I even got as far as installing it on a tinyXP virtual , but at the last moment I got my senses back and rm'd that noise. Until and unless they make it a benefit to the paying customer I am having little or none of it. Fictionwise was able to sell me, with very little bother, an epub of Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions. If you can get something from Ellison that easy it should be a snap for other authors to get behind it. As for VirtualBox vs VMware, VB 2.+ and soon 3.+ have some real muscle under the hood such that VMware has not been needed on my systems for some time. Even though a small part of VB is going under a non open license it still is hands down the virtualization app of choice for me.

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Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	the OSE version of Virtualbox, which is the version in the ubuntu repository, does not support the use of USB. There is another version, available direct from the official Virtualbox website, that includes parts that are closed source, that has USB support.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You shouldn't need USB just use Adobe Digital Editions or the SONY software in windows to download your books. Add them to calibre and use it to send to the reader.

08-13-2009, 08:55 PM	#10
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Kovid, will Calibre work with transfering DRM'ed books? I know it can actually get the files on there, just don't know about having the books then recognize the device

08-14-2009, 12:28 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Depends on the DRM scheme, I believe it works for DRMed EPUB and LRX books

08-14-2009, 03:34 PM	#12
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I was mostly interested in epubs with ADEPT, since well, that is what everything seems to be switching to.

08-14-2009, 03:36 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	DeDRMing ADEPT EPUBs in linux is quite trivial. But yes, they will work if you register your device with digital editions and use it to download the books to you computer, then use calibre to send them

08-14-2009, 06:40 PM	#14
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Oh, I know, and the DRM'ed epubs I've bought, I immediately stripped the DRM. I was just curious if it was possible, without stripping the DRM.

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