Thread: Display problems using 0.8.55 on Linux
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Old 06-12-2012, 03:51 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Manichean View Post
Hi,

so, I broke my Calibre, I believe... I updated to 0.8.55 just now.
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I'm running Calibre 0.8.55 on Linux Mint 13 64 bit. If any other data is needed, tell me.
This - or a very similar issue - has been discussed before.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...00#post2095600
I personally have "solved" this, by staying on Mint Linux 11 for the time being. No problems with Calibre at all. And I have been using Calibre quite a lot in the last few weeks. In the meanwhile I am looking around for a better distro. ... sigh ...
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I have been using Mint Linux for a long time - since Celena, (and then through Daryna, Elisa, Felicia, Gloria, Helena, Isadora, Katya). Despite very valiant efforts of Clem I have to consider the last two releases unsuitable for daily work.
Fortunately I have a set-up that allows me to use several distros at the same time (see the above thread) so I can afford the luxury of trying out the new stuff while keeping the good, old, reliable workhouse ready for serious work, with just a reboot away.

I am eying Scientific Linux with interest, and I have just finished downloading Kororaa linux to try out. I have already tried and rejected Lubuntu. There are too many little things that are not done to my taste. (I do realize I have been spoiled *rotten* by up-to-now fantastic Mint Linux) I see that [relatively recent version of] Calibre is in FreeBSD ports, so I am also going to try out that as well(*). I have been using FreeBSD since "good ole" 4.8 days, and I still have one primary partition reserved for *BSD system so perhaps I will return ... Now that I think about it, I am going to download PC-BSD 9.0 to give it a spin.


I am *SO* pissed off with the recent Unity, Gnome 3 and related debacles. Why did they need to REMOVE functionality from out favorite and well tuned distros. I was so happy with Mint for the last few years. Just install it, add a few favorite apps, and I was ready to roll in a couple of hours. Now I am going to have to spend weeks tinkering with various systems until I get something I am satisfied with ...


(*) calibre was not supported on FreeBSD at the time I was using FreeBSD as the main system. Which was one of reasons I left for Mint Linux. The other reasons was that the kernel in the Release was clashing with the hardware I was using at the time and the KDE 4.0 debacle.

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