Thread: Newbie Question: Calbre Desktop or Calibre Portable?
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Old 02-14-2012, 09:32 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by lorken View Post
Hi, just getting started with Calbre here. I downloaded it to my desktop and have played with it a bit and started getting familiar with it. But I see now (should have noticed before) that there is a Portable version that I could use on a memory stick, and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations as to using that version vs. the desktop version. Are they identical? Or is the portable version a "Calibre light"?

I think I would like the convenience of the portable version, because we have both a desktop and a netbook and if my SO was on one machine, I could just use the other. Would it really be that easy? (I would be using it with a Kobo Vox.)
The "official" portable version of Calibre isn't so good for multi-library usage (it only "portabilizes" the default library, not additional ones). Aside from that, it works just like regular calibre. It is in no way a "Calibre light". I've taken to using calibrePortable on all my machines.
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