Calibre and Linux Mint 18.0

enuddleyarbl · 07-15-2016, 08:38 PM

Anyone have Calibre running under the new version of Linux Mint (18.0)? I'm running the Cinnamon flavor of 17.3 and, just to be safe, am wondering if there's any incompatibility.

enuddleyarbl · 07-16-2016, 02:54 PM

Just curious: why did an Admin move this thread to the Devices sub-forum? It's about Calibre on my computer's OS, not using the result of Calibre on a device.

Glorfindel · 07-16-2016, 03:25 PM

It should work fine

jhowell · 07-16-2016, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveLessnau

Just curious: why did an Admin move this thread to the Devices sub-forum? It's about Calibre on my computer's OS, not using the result of Calibre on a device.

The description of this sub-forum is (emphasis mine):

Quote:

Troubleshoot installation and connection issues specific to your device or OS, and learn how to make the most of calibre's device integration features

theducks · 07-16-2016, 04:32 PM

The base forum (Calibre) is for those things that do NOT fit in a sub forum.
Please take the time to review the descriptions and post in the most correct location.

If you should later decide you should have posted elsewhere, Contact a forum level Mod (or a Greenie), and ask that it be MOVED.
Do not start another thread, this leads to confusion , because some answers are now in the wrong place.

latepaul · 07-16-2016, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveLessnau

Anyone have Calibre running under the new version of Linux Mint (18.0)? I'm running the Cinnamon flavor of 17.3 and, just to be safe, am wondering if there's any incompatibility.

Yes.

So far I've done the "usual" things I do with Calibre under Mint 18.0, namely:

Read a book
Add a book to the library
Convert to other formats
Send to device
Run deDRM plugin
Run other plugins (Count Pages & Goodreads)

And everything seems to work as it did under 17.3. I say seems only because it's still relatively early days.

BetterRed · 07-16-2016, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveLessnau

Just curious: why did an Admin move this thread to the Devices sub-forum? It's about Calibre on my computer's OS, not using the result of Calibre on a device.

that was me - I extrapolated Kindle from your profile into your post, had my eye off the ball watching events elsewhere

Undone - sort of

BR

enuddleyarbl · 07-16-2016, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

that was me - I extrapolated Kindle from your profile into your post, had my eye off the ball watching events elsewhere

Undone - sort of

BR

OK. No problem. I was just curious. But, now that jhowell pointed it out, I see the "OS" part of the Device sub-forum description (I glossed right over that when I read it earlier).

latepaul's reply gives me a warm fuzzy about the Calibre/Mint 18.0 combination. My biggest worry had been that there might have been some incompatibility in the installation phase. But, since he's already confirmed Calibre works for just about everything I use it for, that's been laid to rest.

Thanks.

BetterRed · 07-17-2016, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveLessnau

OK. No problem. I was just curious. But, now that jhowell pointed it out, I see the "OS" part of the Device sub-forum description (I glossed right over that when I read it earlier).

It's a tad ambiguous - I think the sub forum is/was intended to be about connection issues, between caibre and devices, or between calibre and OS for Mail, Server etc. Which begs the questions - why wasn't it called Connectivity.

BR

enuddleyarbl · 07-23-2016, 09:17 PM

Just for a bit of closure: I did my clean install of Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon x64, re-installed Calibre, and have gone through my usual activities with it (very similar to latepaul's, above). No problems. I'm pretty sure I see a difference in how the main menu bar (with all its icons) works, though. When I connect or disconnect my Kindle, it's much slower re-painting the thing. Since everything from the kernel on up is new, though, I certainly can't point any fingers as to what might be causing it. But, I'm happy. Everything works.

07-15-2016, 08:38 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 793 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Calibre and Linux Mint 18.0 Anyone have Calibre running under the new version of Linux Mint (18.0)? I'm running the Cinnamon flavor of 17.3 and, just to be safe, am wondering if there's any incompatibility.

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07-16-2016, 02:54 PM	#2
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 793 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Just curious: why did an Admin move this thread to the Devices sub-forum? It's about Calibre on my computer's OS, not using the result of Calibre on a device.

07-16-2016, 03:25 PM	#3
Glorfindel Force-Aware Elf Posts: 4,762 Karma: 11557898 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Valinor Device: Kindle 4 w/SO	It should work fine

07-16-2016, 04:32 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The base forum (Calibre) is for those things that do NOT fit in a sub forum. Please take the time to review the descriptions and post in the most correct location. If you should later decide you should have posted elsewhere, Contact a forum level Mod (or a Greenie), and ask that it be MOVED. Do not start another thread, this leads to confusion , because some answers are now in the wrong place.

07-23-2016, 09:17 PM	#10
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 793 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Just for a bit of closure: I did my clean install of Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon x64, re-installed Calibre, and have gone through my usual activities with it (very similar to latepaul's, above). No problems. I'm pretty sure I see a difference in how the main menu bar (with all its icons) works, though. When I connect or disconnect my Kindle, it's much slower re-painting the thing. Since everything from the kernel on up is new, though, I certainly can't point any fingers as to what might be causing it. But, I'm happy. Everything works.