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Old 07-16-2013, 07:32 AM   #1
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Anyone use their Kindle anything with a PC running Linux? How well does Linux handle the Kindle? Does it work at all?
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Old 07-16-2013, 08:06 AM   #2
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Overall just excellent - as there is no OS specific software needed for it. To a host PC, it is just a USB mass storage medium ready for files to be copied to it.

As for document management - Calibre (which I would suggest) is a Multi-OS application (only on Mac OS it might break some UI expectations, Windows and Linux users are custom with a bit of derivation in user interfaces).
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Old 07-16-2013, 08:31 AM   #3
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Most of the people in the developer's corner who are developing for the Kindle actually run Linux on their computers.
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Old 07-16-2013, 09:41 AM   #4
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I'll agree. It can be used normally. I also like that the books can be simply downloaded on pc, which is not so simple with adobe drm books.
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Old 07-16-2013, 02:02 PM   #5
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I can't tell how it works on Windows, but I can tell it works perfectly fine with Linux (OpenSUSE or Ubuntu).

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Old 07-16-2013, 04:31 PM   #6
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And what everybody said... Kindles work perfectly under Linux and calibre. Prefect combination.
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Old 07-16-2013, 04:53 PM   #7
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I use nothing but GNU/Linux and it worked fine as a mass storage device. Same with my kobos.
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Old 07-16-2013, 05:10 PM   #8
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Sane here. I've used my Kindle 3 with Fedora 14 & 17, several recent versions of Ubuntu & Lubuntu. No problems, worked perfectly. I also second the suggestion to use Calibre.
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Another vote for Linux and Calibre. Great combination.
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