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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
I wish that DRM removal could be obvious for Linux users. I've found some work arounds under wine, but I find that blog that we're all supposed to google confusing, which leads to dead links, and simply saying "Linux users will find it easy to change the code to plug in"... well, no.
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Strange, isn't it? Those open source de-drm tools are all written using other open source tools (python, etc), leaning on open source software (calibre), but many of them don't work in Linux because often you have to have a Windows-only reader installed.
Therefore, drm in this case forces me to have a Windows (or maybe a Mac) computer at hand, or I won't be able to read my books. That in itself makes drm evil, as it prevents me to use my OS of choice. (And not only drm.... Many other software packages that I *need* for which there is no alternative force me to keep using Windows. I don't have any problems with Windows, but I like the Unix/Linux philosophy better.)