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andavane · 02-03-2009, 11:57 AM

Greetings to members.

I moved away from Windows last year and am still discovering Ubuntu.

I love reading and think I'll go for the Bookeen Cybook 3 and would like to set out the situation here as I see it: I understand that:

I should be able to download my ebooks into ubuntu (but not read, easily at least, *.prc files); after that to connect bookeen and it should show up as a usb storage device; thereafter to copy and paste the books into the appropriate folder.

The reason I am asking is that I'm not entirely sure that it will be compatible with Ubuntu: It's not that I haven't read round the subject -- rather I have over-read around it and when I do that I end up thoroughly confused

A little reassurance that it's OK for me to proceed would be very welcome.

This looks like a great forum: I thoroughly enjoyed the thread about ordering the cheaper bookeen and was on tenterhooks waiting to see whether the member actually got it at the price he ordered. The thread reads almost like a novelette.

Regards

John

Reading: Dickens Bleak House in html format on my EeeePC 901 (running Xandros).

Machines available for me: sony laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
An old IBM ThinkCentre dual booted with Windows XP/ Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
When the IBM 'dies' I'll be Window-less, but can access it from a mate's if need be.

02-03-2009, 11:57 AM	#1
andavane Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Device: Kindle Keyboard, + Wifi, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini, Sony PRS-T2	First Post - I hope for Bookeen with Ubuntu Greetings to members. I moved away from Windows last year and am still discovering Ubuntu. I love reading and think I'll go for the Bookeen Cybook 3 and would like to set out the situation here as I see it: I understand that: I should be able to download my ebooks into ubuntu (but not read, easily at least, *.prc files); after that to connect bookeen and it should show up as a usb storage device; thereafter to copy and paste the books into the appropriate folder. The reason I am asking is that I'm not entirely sure that it will be compatible with Ubuntu: It's not that I haven't read round the subject -- rather I have over-read around it and when I do that I end up thoroughly confused A little reassurance that it's OK for me to proceed would be very welcome. This looks like a great forum: I thoroughly enjoyed the thread about ordering the cheaper bookeen and was on tenterhooks waiting to see whether the member actually got it at the price he ordered. The thread reads almost like a novelette. Regards John Reading: Dickens Bleak House in html format on my EeeePC 901 (running Xandros). Machines available for me: sony laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) An old IBM ThinkCentre dual booted with Windows XP/ Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) When the IBM 'dies' I'll be Window-less, but can access it from a mate's if need be.