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spindlegirl · 12-06-2011, 10:15 PM

I too am a (Debian) Linux user. I find the e-Reader market to be quite Linux unfriendly. I have a Kobo Touch and the "setup" part of it (where you enter your kobo account details) requires that you use the Kobo desktop which requires you have Mac or Windows.

I wish I could find an ereader that didn't require a huge song and dance to set up.

For my audio needs (podcast etc) I simply was able to plug it in (A Sansa Clip) , stick my own mp3 files on and it worked, didn't need to do anything else. JUST out of the box. I took it home, plugged it in, and in seconds I was listening to my own music files and some CBC podcasts. Why can't an e-reader work like that (for ebooks)? I was planning to get a Sony reader but it appears that it, too, requires windows software to just start using it. The "setup" part.

12-06-2011, 10:15 PM	#12
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	I too am a (Debian) Linux user. I find the e-Reader market to be quite Linux unfriendly. I have a Kobo Touch and the "setup" part of it (where you enter your kobo account details) requires that you use the Kobo desktop which requires you have Mac or Windows. I wish I could find an ereader that didn't require a huge song and dance to set up. For my audio needs (podcast etc) I simply was able to plug it in (A Sansa Clip) , stick my own mp3 files on and it worked, didn't need to do anything else. JUST out of the box. I took it home, plugged it in, and in seconds I was listening to my own music files and some CBC podcasts. Why can't an e-reader work like that (for ebooks)? I was planning to get a Sony reader but it appears that it, too, requires windows software to just start using it. The "setup" part.