yes PCLinuxOS uses APT (Synaptic) to update the system, but right now I don't plan to upgrade it. "Never change a running system if you don't have the time to fix a new one" and right now I don't have the time config a new updated system.
None the less thank you for your help, for the time beeing I'll use calibre to download the news and transfer the ebooks by mounting the reader as a device. To organize the ebooks I already wrote a small skript to adjust the format and so on.
Guess I'll update the system in a about two month, when I've got enough time, for now

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by the way linux is better because you can fix most of the problem by your self and don't have to wait for the next windows version ;-) and can configurate it as you like and don't have to rely on some apple coder, but thats