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Old 04-01-2019, 02:45 PM   #1
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i have recently changed over to linux mint 19.1 on my main pc and i would like to be able to read some of my tech manuals that are on my windows laptop and my iPad is there a reasonably easy way to do this dave
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What file formats are the tech manuals?

There are dozens of ways to copy files between devices, but getting something off an ipad might be tricky.
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Old 04-01-2019, 03:55 PM   #3
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They're presumably PDF, which an eInk Kindle is not ideal for, to put it mildly!
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Old 04-01-2019, 04:02 PM   #4
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What does this have to do with Kindle, other than being part of the thread title?

The OP's profile lists ownership of a Fire tablet. Do you want to read on that device?
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Old 04-01-2019, 04:17 PM   #5
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I like Foxit reader for PDF's, and it's available on Linux. No idea if there are issues running it on Mint.
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I like Foxit reader for PDF's, and it's available on Linux. No idea if there are issues running it on Mint.
He's posting in the Kindle forum, so it's reasonable to assume that he wants to read these manuals on an eInk Kindle. Why post here if not?
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Old 04-01-2019, 04:24 PM   #7
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Assumed he had PDF's he was viewing on his Kindle app and on Windows, and wanted to now be able to also read on his Mint distro. Maybe I read it wrong. Out.
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He's posting in the Kindle forum, so it's reasonable to assume that he wants to read these manuals on an eInk Kindle. Why post here if not?
Actually, he posted to the General discussions forum, and somebody (I assumed you) moved it to the Kindle forum.

The OP is such a muddle that I don't think any actual help can be provided without more clarity and detail about what he actually wants to do.
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I like Foxit reader for PDF's, and it's available on Linux. No idea if there are issues running it on Mint.
Mint comes with a less obnoxious PDF reader, as do all Linux. I used to use Foxit on Windows, I use something else now as Foxit has got slow and bloated and other problems, though preferable to Adobe Acrobat.

It depends what the OP wants to read. You can read anything on any Linux, usually with the supplied programs.

LibreOffice Writer and Calibre on Linux between them can convert most things for a Kindle, though PDF, DJVU and images may not work well depending on "page size". Web pages, CHM files and HTML manuals can be copy/pasted into LibreOffice on Windows and saved as DOCX for Calibre on Linux, or used in LibreOffice on Linux.

The OP doesn't have enough details.
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