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Quoth · 09-15-2019, 02:46 PM

The real eInk Kindle is fine. The Fire is just a locked into Amazon "Android Tablet". The Real Kindles are not a focus of these events.

All the other Amazon HW is either "meh" or toxic, esp the Echo, though Google stuff is more Privacy exploitive.

The Amazon Kindle for PC worked on Linux (via WINE) originally, when I still had Windows*. Now I don't have Windows and the older "Kindle for PC" won't work (can't connect) and later ones won't install. So we all use "Transfer to Kindle via USB" option when buying Amazon eBooks and then use the serial number off our real Kindle if we need to convert to epub for larger Kobo or small Sony PRS350.

The other Kindle tools need real Windows too.
(* We do have 2x old games PC, 32bit XP and 64bit Win7. The Win10 Tablet is garbage and only used for PDFs)

09-15-2019, 02:46 PM	#36
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,169 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	The real eInk Kindle is fine. The Fire is just a locked into Amazon "Android Tablet". The Real Kindles are not a focus of these events. All the other Amazon HW is either "meh" or toxic, esp the Echo, though Google stuff is more Privacy exploitive. The Amazon Kindle for PC worked on Linux (via WINE) originally, when I still had Windows. Now I don't have Windows and the older "Kindle for PC" won't work (can't connect) and later ones won't install. So we all use "Transfer to Kindle via USB" option when buying Amazon eBooks and then use the serial number off our real Kindle if we need to convert to epub for larger Kobo or small Sony PRS350. The other Kindle tools need real Windows too. ( We do have 2x old games PC, 32bit XP and 64bit Win7. The Win10 Tablet is garbage and only used for PDFs) Last edited by Quoth; 09-15-2019 at 02:53 PM.