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Old 01-06-2014, 11:49 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by hrmcrm View Post
Some of the network computers run Windows, some Linux. The calibre program directories and files look quite different on different operating systems. I think I better not try cross-connecting anything more than the library.

The various operating systems seem to share the library without problem. They even seem to know the actual sequence of books viewed.

I tested epub bookmarks switching from Linux to Windows, and that worked fine. (It took all of 14 seconds to convert mobi to epub.) I'll stay with using epub files.
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Howard
Lucky you -- the whole thing seems rather hit-and-miss. Possibly based on Hex's Phase of the Moon Generator (from Terry Pratchett's Interesting Times) and other highly technical reasons, it will either work or not work. I had a linux library I opened in Windows, and everything worked perfectly -- except plugboards didn't have any effect, a fact I found out after sending several hundred books to a few different devices. Sometimes the db can't find the books, since Windows isn't case sensitive for filenames, etc.

Use with care. There is no guarantee that cross-OS usage will work or continue working.
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