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Steve3742 · 03-24-2015, 04:09 AM

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Re the Nook for PC, when I complained about it to Nook, they did say that it wasn't going to be available in the UK - I'm guessing you're American? - so it's possible that they've just removed the ability to download for the UK. They're notorious for treating their UK customers really badly. Or it could have been the book - Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tschaikovsky - which is a Tor book and so DRM free - maybe they don't like people putting DRM free books on their computer.

Thanks for the solutions. I may try the second one, though it looks kind of involved. As for rooting it... I've always disliked the idea of having my tablet on permanant root access - one of the things I like about Linux is the fact that most of the time you're not on root. Is there an app that works a bit like the "sudo" command, that lets you root the tablet, do whatever you need to and then unroot? I could go for that. I presume you've rooted yours, could you tell me what the pitfalls and hazards are? I hear, for example, that certain things don't work or won't install as root, Google Play has been mentioned, is this true?

Thanks again for your solutions. I'll implement one of them.

03-24-2015, 04:09 AM	#3
Steve3742 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kobo	Hi, thanks for the reply. Re the Nook for PC, when I complained about it to Nook, they did say that it wasn't going to be available in the UK - I'm guessing you're American? - so it's possible that they've just removed the ability to download for the UK. They're notorious for treating their UK customers really badly. Or it could have been the book - Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tschaikovsky - which is a Tor book and so DRM free - maybe they don't like people putting DRM free books on their computer. Thanks for the solutions. I may try the second one, though it looks kind of involved. As for rooting it... I've always disliked the idea of having my tablet on permanant root access - one of the things I like about Linux is the fact that most of the time you're not on root. Is there an app that works a bit like the "sudo" command, that lets you root the tablet, do whatever you need to and then unroot? I could go for that. I presume you've rooted yours, could you tell me what the pitfalls and hazards are? I hear, for example, that certain things don't work or won't install as root, Google Play has been mentioned, is this true? Thanks again for your solutions. I'll implement one of them.