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spideyak · 07-03-2010, 07:50 AM

I've run Linux just about every way you can imagine and running it through USB can be fairly slow, especially if you are not using either Puppy Dog Linux or Damn Small Linux.

It's a crap shoot with USB, too. Some distros implement the USB stack fairly well, while others can cause 'ghost' problems, or just down right fail to work.

I love the idea of Linux, heck, I've used it and pushed it in the market place since 1 year after its release; however, I went back to Windows because Calibre did not work so well, and the items I needed to use my ereader were not available (i.e., Adobe Digital Editions, etc.).

As they say in Rome, 'Caveat emptor' when it comes to using Linux with things that are only intended to work with Windows or Mac.

07-03-2010, 07:50 AM	#11
spideyak Member Posts: 21 Karma: 64 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: PocketBook 301+, Sony PRS-300	I've run Linux just about every way you can imagine and running it through USB can be fairly slow, especially if you are not using either Puppy Dog Linux or Damn Small Linux. It's a crap shoot with USB, too. Some distros implement the USB stack fairly well, while others can cause 'ghost' problems, or just down right fail to work. I love the idea of Linux, heck, I've used it and pushed it in the market place since 1 year after its release; however, I went back to Windows because Calibre did not work so well, and the items I needed to use my ereader were not available (i.e., Adobe Digital Editions, etc.). As they say in Rome, 'Caveat emptor' when it comes to using Linux with things that are only intended to work with Windows or Mac.