Has anyone got camoufox working on calibre Nixos? - Page 2

pdurrant · Today, 04:15 PM

Since calibre is open source, accusations of spyware should be backed up with links to the source. Spreading FUD about a widely used bit of open source software is not helpful.

Previous suggestions were deleted. I have left this one since it has had comments.

Any further accusations of spyware should be backed up by links to the source code.

Personally, I do not believe that these is any such code in calibre.

JSWolf · Today, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buellie

calibre is adding spyware

If there is something happening with calibre that you do not understand why it's doing this. Ask about it. Don't just accuse calibre of adding spyware to your system.

BetterRed · Today, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

For what it may add to the confusion, after calibre installed camoufox, I did get a Start Menu shortcut. See attached image.

Given what camoufox is, what does the Start Menu shortcut do?

If a news recipe or metadata downloader that needs camoufox is invoked from Windows portable, where does camoufox get installed?

I loathe screen scraping, that's why I avoid it like the plague.

DNSB · Today, 05:53 PM

The start menu shortcut launches camoufox which is what I expected it to do. For most of what I do, it doesn't add much value but then I'm not that concerned with hiding my activities. For automated tasks, it's ability to hide the automation can be useful.

As far as I can tell, the portable version of camoufox installed in Calibre Portable/Calibre/dbin/camoufox.

Today, 05:53 PM	#19
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 55,587 Karma: 182544312 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The start menu shortcut launches camoufox which is what I expected it to do. For most of what I do, it doesn't add much value but then I'm not that concerned with hiding my activities. For automated tasks, it's ability to hide the automation can be useful. As far as I can tell, the portable version of camoufox installed in Calibre Portable/Calibre/dbin/camoufox. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by DNSB; Today at 06:02 PM. Reason: Corrected camoufox install location for calibre portable

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,923 Karma: 320621266 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Since calibre is open source, accusations of spyware should be backed up with links to the source. Spreading FUD about a widely used bit of open source software is not helpful. Previous suggestions were deleted. I have left this one since it has had comments. Any further accusations of spyware should be backed up by links to the source code. Personally, I do not believe that these is any such code in calibre.