[Klug-general] Games

Michael E. Rentell michael.rentell at ntlworld.com
Thu May 3 15:06:45 UTC 2012


Thanks for that tip Daniel. I am a recent (and elderly) convert to 
Kindle (1) and I've had to keep a Windows7 partition for its software. I 
normally run Mint12KDE so all Ubuntu software is available. It looks 
like Calibre is just the ticket.
MikeR

On 02/05/12 12:42, Daniel Ellis wrote:
> Hi Alan,  I use Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com) which is a native
> Linux app and works with my wife's Kindle 3.  It is also available in
> the Ubuntu Software Centre.
>
> On 2 May 2012 12:15, Alan Buchel<alan at communitytechnology.org.uk>  wrote:
>> I had a returned machine yesterday from a near-convert who loved the
>> penguin, but  absolplutely needed to run his kindle software, he had
>> tried Wine on Ubuntu 11.10 but tells me it fails to communicate with the
>> device. Not being a Kindling I can't test.
>>
>> Is anyone aware of a native Linux app under development, or has got them
>> to talk with Wine?
>>
>> On 02/05/12 10:08, Paul Littlefield wrote:
>>> Hi Alex
>>>
>>> Ubuntu Linux Desktop with...
>>>
>>>> Music
>>> Do they have iPods or something else?
>>> Banshee or Rythmbox
>>> Drag and drop files to their mp3 player with USB drive
>>
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