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I pretty much have to use it for some things, but as sibling commenters have pointed out, there are some serious flaws with both it and its maintainer. I've mostly moved to using [Calibre Web]( https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web ) which is a software intended as a companion, but I use it almost exclusively. It has a web interface, and you can deploy it using a container. The killer feature for me that Calibre it…
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They were organizing a a dogpile there to comment and vote on this github issue. Why would you give in to a bully? He should have just blocked anyone who downvoted his responses. Also a fork of PuTTY? Who cares.
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I love Calibre but "sudo && wget | sh" installation on Linux makes me cringe. I wish there is an apk or snap.
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> > Only if you make them. Have been pretty simple for me. I don’t do most of the things you mention, and do not see myself wanting to. > That's not how it works. Each device and firmware has its own way of doing things. For example, I would have no idea how to build "ebook groups" on my reader That would be you making it complicated. What are you all doing with your Kindles that needs multiple levels of organization…
> That would be you making it complicated. What are you all doing with your Kindles that needs multiple levels of organization? A Kindle Keyboard 2 is completely different than a Kindle Oasis 3. The file format they use is different (they've changed formats a few times in the last 13 years,) the software is old enough on the Keyboard 2 that it's fundamentally quite different, etc. This doesn't even preclude other e-r…
I still don’t understand “keeping track”. So you have several readers, there are books on them, you read the books. Calibre does not sync notes or reading position anyway (and certainly not wirelessly), as far as I know.
This comment is from the perspective of a Calibre power-user, and someone who has been involved with the software for years now. I must admit, I'm slightly shocked at some of the comments here. Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work (nearly 80 hours a week) into Calibre - of which most is for free, in the name of open source software. Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on the mobileread forums will a…
> Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work Extraordinary amount of work does not guarantee extraordinary quality or results, not even ordinary quality. > Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on the mobileread forums will also know him as a remarkably intelligent, dedicated, and all-round fantastic guy. Reads like a working para social addiction. Anyway, whatever qualities one has, doesn't matter. One can…
Calibre is a great piece of software. Nothing substantial to add, just want to give a shout out as a long time user (about a decade now).
The full text search feature is surprisingly useful. Just searched my ~800 books for keywords like "tree traversal" or "assoc" to find books that I wouldn't have suspected to deal with these topics (`assoc` being a Lisp keyword searching for entries in association lists [1]). And I already had ways to search within contents of my books via "HoudahSpot" (an excelent MacOS tool that uses Spotlight search to sift throug…
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Calling him childish just for not wanting to deal with name drama (bikesheding) is simply projection. Just locking the thread and telling people no is the right answer.
What has reddit got to do with the issue? He also made it clear that the right move was to rename, but that he's now refusing to do so out of spite - i.e. an escalation to the drama. > is simply projection oh, cool, now you are insulting me. So why am I childish?
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What has reddit got to do with the issue? He also made it clear that the right move was to rename, but that he's now refusing to do so out of spite - i.e. an escalation to the drama. > is simply projection oh, cool, now you are insulting me. So why am I childish?
You’re coming across as extremely sensitive, and yet criticizing the maintainer for a decision so negligible it seems like satire.