DeDRM support site closed

romad · 11-30-2021, 12:28 AM

The WordPress site where users could get help using DeDRM has been shut down. I read the posts daily to stay abreast of problems and to learn when new versions of DeDRM were released. Unfortunately that will no longer be possible. So I'll continue to use my currently installed DeDRM version with Calibre as long as it continues to work, but when it finally breaks, I'll have to go and buy a commercial program like Epubor.

RIP DeDRM.

Sirtel · 11-30-2021, 12:44 AM

Eh? Works for me.

Edit: Ah, I see what you mean. No, it has just moved.
https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

odamizu · 11-30-2021, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by romad

The WordPress site where users could get help using DeDRM has been shut down ...

There's a big discussion about this that starts here, with announcements from Apprentice Harper that he will cease maintaining the tools and Apprentice Alf that he is closing comments on the WordPress site starting here.

Lynx-lynx · 11-30-2021, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by romad

...... Unfortunately that will no longer be possible. So I'll continue to use my currently installed DeDRM version with Calibre as long as it continues to work, but when it finally breaks, I'll have to go and buy a commercial program like Epubor.
RIP DeDRM.

I really wonder how you've missed seeing this thread, started in 2014, with the purpose of keeping tout le monde up to date:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=253119
The first post contains all the update information you will continue to need.

pdurrant · 11-30-2021, 07:55 AM

As others have mentioned, there's a new maintainer, noDRM, with support discussions at https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/discussions

With search of discussions, and threads, and lots of good stuff!

romad · 11-30-2021, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Eh? Works for me.

Edit: Ah, I see what you mean. No, it has just moved.
https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

Except that GitHub is for developers and programmers; not for the ordinary user. I don't program so I don't understand probably 99.44% of the discussions there.

romad · 11-30-2021, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

I really wonder how you've missed seeing this thread, started in 2014, with the purpose of keeping tout le monde up to date:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=253119
The first post contains all the update information you will continue to need.

Except that I as an ordinary user and NOT a programmer, don't understand 99.44% of what is said on GitHub. The Wordpress site was much more ordinary user friendly.

DiapDealer · 11-30-2021, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by romad

Except that GitHub is for developers and programmers; not for the ordinary user.

Not true. The releases on github are most definitely intended for ordinary users. (except, of course, those ordinary users who are unwilling to actually read READMEs and release notices). One can even get notification of new releases by using RSS. No need even for a github account.

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Originally Posted by romad

I don't program so I don't understand probably 99.44% of the discussions there.

Perfect. The discussion thus far has been 99.44% programming free.

romad · 11-30-2021, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

As others have mentioned, there's a new maintainer, noDRM, with support discussions at https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/discussions

With search of discussions, and threads, and lots of good stuff!

Thanks for the link but I went there and it is empty except for 1 post with 3 comments (one of which was yours from today) in the General tab. Nothing in any of the others yet.

BTW, it said I could sign up for free but when I tried, I was told I would have to subscribe to a plan. This just reinforced the fact that GitHub is for programmers/developers only and there won't be any support for the ordinary user of DeDRM.

JSWolf · 11-30-2021, 12:02 PM

With the new discussion area, is it possible to get emailed when there are new posts that I can read via email instead of having to go and have a look?

DiapDealer · 11-30-2021, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by romad

BTW, it said I could sign up for free but when I tried, I was told I would have to subscribe to a plan.

And one of those plans is free.

jhowell · 11-30-2021, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by romad

BTW, it said I could sign up for free but when I tried, I was told I would have to subscribe to a plan.

I don't know what you clicked. GitHub is free to use.

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Originally Posted by romad

This just reinforced the fact that GitHub is for programmers/developers only and there won't be any support for the ordinary user of DeDRM.

Ordinary users have been receiving help on Apprentice Harper's GitHub site for a long time. More questions have been asked and answered there than on Apprentice Alf's blog in recent years.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

With the new discussion area, is it possible to get emailed when there are new posts that I can read via email instead of having to go and have a look?

The eye icon in the upper right lets you watch all activity or just specific types. You receive an email when anything is posted.

Gardenman · 11-30-2021, 01:29 PM

I always thought GitHub was for nerds. I knew you could get the latest releases there but not help for the Ordinary user. I always thought the best place to get help was here.

JSWolf · 11-30-2021, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

The eye icon in the upper right lets you watch all activity or just specific types. You receive an email when anything is posted.

Thank you. That's perfect. I've selected releases and discussions.

romad · 11-30-2021, 02:32 PM

Weird. I just went back to https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/discussions to see if I could get that free plan and when I arrived I discovered I was logged in! This is even though I never finished the account sign-up process. I've opted to watch "All Activity" until I get a feel for the site.

11-30-2021, 12:28 AM	#1
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 210 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	DeDRM support site closed The WordPress site where users could get help using DeDRM has been shut down. I read the posts daily to stay abreast of problems and to learn when new versions of DeDRM were released. Unfortunately that will no longer be possible. So I'll continue to use my currently installed DeDRM version with Calibre as long as it continues to work, but when it finally breaks, I'll have to go and buy a commercial program like Epubor. RIP DeDRM.

11-30-2021, 12:44 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,998 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Eh? Works for me. Edit: Ah, I see what you mean. No, it has just moved. https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools Last edited by Sirtel; 11-30-2021 at 12:48 AM.

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