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Originally Posted by wjBLqf-_9
If there are any other established Calibre Linux users out there, I would like to read about their configurations also: pitfalls, solutions, workarounds, recommendations, etc.
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Not to ignore all your detailed needs, but I run a pretty simple Calibre with Ubuntu 20.04. I simply use the binary install and it works. Possibly the most stable software I've ever used, at least since my career days with OS/400 and manufacturing databases. Been a daily user for 10 years, always on Linux.
Which Linux? With the binary installer and the ability to run from source, any major distro should work. I simply started with Ubuntu and never have had a reason to change.
I've got several libraries totalling ~50K entries, mostly books and short stories. Backup strategy: regular Linux backup weekly, once a month copy active libraries to a remote drive, just for a "clear" copy. Calibre has never caused a bit of data loss that I know of.
For serious editing and book creation I use a project directory, NOT inside Calibre, so I can control file names for versions. WIP I back up daily, just a simple copy. The editor and viewer can run outside the GUI.
I have no need for any networking and I have plenty of space on my desktop PC, so I have no input to networked systems. You indicate you know Calibre is meant as a single-user system, etc. Lots of posts about how to make it work on network drives, until it doesn't.
I dislike and distrust most "cloud" things, so USB gets all my books to my reader devices.
The only troubles I've had are a few glitches around Ubuntu upgrades. Usually desktop and window management issues; none have been serious. Kovid is not shy in explaining how Linux distros keep causing a mess for him, but he has done a wonderful job of getting around them. (Given this it is amusing to see all the trouble the Windows folks have.)
Comparing Calibre to the other tools I've learned to use for book making and fixing, like tesseract OCR, ImageMagick, Unpaper, Gimp, ScanTaylor, etc.---Calibre is a walk in the park!
If you have a machine or a partition to try it, go for it. You should be pleased.