Thread: New reader on old computer
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Old 12-24-2014, 06:32 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by A.T.E. View Post
I am considering buying a new reader (Kobo Aura, Kobo H2O or Tolino Vision 2), however I see that the Calibre support for those new devices has been added only on recent verions, and I am running Calibre (*) on XP SP3 32 bit.

As it is pointless to upgrade the operating system on this hardware and as I am not planning to buy a new computer I am wondering what options I have.

Any suggestion? For example is there a compiled 32 bit version that just adds the support of the newer devices?


(*) I read that Calibre on 32 bit was stopped at version 1.48, however the one I am running reads version 2.0.0, which puzzles me.
I suggest that you look into running Robolinux. It will use your current c: drive as the Windows XP VM. Then install and use the latest Linux calibre, do all your web browsing using Linux and then run all your windows programs in the VM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkS6kuLcBQc

The LXDE version is the one you will that will probably work best.


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