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st_albert · 03-20-2011, 08:58 PM

I installed it and tried it out. One still must reboot between the two OS's, AFAIK.

I also observed some (undefined) strange behavior in KindleOS after playing around, having to do with the Kindle being mounted read-only on my linux system (via USB, of course). This could have been operator error, for sure.

What I decided, for now, was that duokan was not for me. The improvement in PDF reading was there, but not good enough to convince me that reading a PDF on the Kindle, even with duokan, was worth the trouble (for the most part -- there was a PDF textbook that was much easier to read on duokan than KindleOS).

My solution, hopefully temporary, is to avoid PDF format where possible. When unavoidable, first try reading it under Kindle, then duokan (lite) as a last resort.

All the above is just my $0.02, and YMMV, and so on.

03-20-2011, 08:58 PM	#7
st_albert Guru Posts: 698 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	I installed it and tried it out. One still must reboot between the two OS's, AFAIK. I also observed some (undefined) strange behavior in KindleOS after playing around, having to do with the Kindle being mounted read-only on my linux system (via USB, of course). This could have been operator error, for sure. What I decided, for now, was that duokan was not for me. The improvement in PDF reading was there, but not good enough to convince me that reading a PDF on the Kindle, even with duokan, was worth the trouble (for the most part -- there was a PDF textbook that was much easier to read on duokan than KindleOS). My solution, hopefully temporary, is to avoid PDF format where possible. When unavoidable, first try reading it under Kindle, then duokan (lite) as a last resort. All the above is just my $0.02, and YMMV, and so on.