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taming · 12-14-2010, 05:37 PM

Misc information, now that the update is happening.

There is a small group of people that have downloaded the 1.8 firmware. Those people will have to do press Control+Shift+U (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+U (MAC) when the desktop application opens to get upgrades.

Anyone who has the 1.8 desktop will get the upgrade prompt if they plug in a 1.0 or 1.4 Kobo Reader.

Any Kobo Wi Fi users will get the new Desktop at the same rate as
original Kobo users. They'll get the new Desktop features but there
won't be any change to their Kobo Wi Fi's.

An unofficial Linux desktop application will be put together in the next day or so. They need to test the upgrade with it before they make it available. Note: Kobo does not officially support Linux, but some of the beta testers work in Linux and we have been getting Linux versions pretty regularly.

12-14-2010, 05:37 PM	#70
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Misc information, now that the update is happening. There is a small group of people that have downloaded the 1.8 firmware. Those people will have to do press Control+Shift+U (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+U (MAC) when the desktop application opens to get upgrades. Anyone who has the 1.8 desktop will get the upgrade prompt if they plug in a 1.0 or 1.4 Kobo Reader. Any Kobo Wi Fi users will get the new Desktop at the same rate as original Kobo users. They'll get the new Desktop features but there won't be any change to their Kobo Wi Fi's. An unofficial Linux desktop application will be put together in the next day or so. They need to test the upgrade with it before they make it available. Note: Kobo does not officially support Linux, but some of the beta testers work in Linux and we have been getting Linux versions pretty regularly. Last edited by taming; 12-14-2010 at 05:40 PM.