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03-25-2023, 11:55 AM | #1 |
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How bad an idea is it to put calibre-portable on my kobo and run it from there?
Question is exactly what it sounds like. I have a kind of finicky set of settings and plugins that I rely on to manage my kobo library, and it's a pain to keep them updated between my desktop, my work laptop, and my fiancee's computer. I can't install things like syncthing on the work laptop, and I'd rather not on my fiancee's computer.
So my brilliant (idiotic) idea is to keep calibre-portable on my Kobo, treating it like a flash drive. I'm going to create a .calibre folder in the top-level directory of my kobo (the one that contains .kobo, author folders, etc.). That way I will always have calibre available and configured how I like it, whether I'm using my work laptop, my desktop, or my fiancee's laptop. I have plenty of space on my kobo, so that's not a concern. But I suspect that there is a high risk of database corruption, losing my calibre install when I update the kobo, or similar problems. Questions:
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03-25-2023, 12:02 PM | #2 |
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Calibre Portable is for Windows x64. You run Windows on your Kobo? Please post images.
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03-25-2023, 12:05 PM | #3 |
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To be clear, I'm not trying to get my kobo to run Calibre. I'm trying to use my kobo as a storage device so that when I plug my kobo into any windows laptop, I can run calibre on that laptop.
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03-25-2023, 12:29 PM | #4 |
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03-25-2023, 02:55 PM | #5 |
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I'd use a decent USB stick, USB SSD or even a USB HDD. Either could be big enough to have the calibre files (esp the HDD) as well as the program and the database.
The Kobo would be rather slow as a USB drive, though some really cheap USB sticks are slower! |
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03-25-2023, 03:32 PM | #6 |
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Also while not as much a concern, I'd be a biit worried about premature wearing on the SD card.
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03-25-2023, 04:05 PM | #7 |
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Why can't you install Calibre Portable on your laptop's storage?
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03-25-2023, 04:29 PM | #8 |
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03-25-2023, 05:19 PM | #9 |
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Possibly keep the library on one always-running computer and use calibre-server?
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03-25-2023, 07:07 PM | #10 |
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It's really very easy to keep the various Calibre installs with the same settings and plugins except if any of the computers need an older version. |
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Another issue I thought of: Kobo would try to import all the books in the portable library. This might have... odd effects. |
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The proposal is use the Kobo as a storage device that gets plugged onto the nearest Windows computer - just as one might do with calibre portable installed on a thumb drive or a pocket SSD drive. BR |
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03-25-2023, 08:50 PM | #14 |
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This appeals to my sense of 'clever solution'. I'm kind of surprised I've never heard or thought of the idea before.
Pity I don't know enough about Kobo to actually address your concerns. It's not a use case that suits me, but I'm going to plug in one of my older Kindles just to try it out. |
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(As an aside, I don't plan on keeping the calibre library itself on the Kobo. The main library will live on my desktop—I only need access to the calibre program in case I want to add new books while I'm away from home.) Last edited by TheRealJohnAdams; 03-25-2023 at 11:01 PM. |
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