Comments on: How To Actually Get the Kindle Reader To Work on your Linux Desktop (UPDATED) https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/ Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517199 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:45:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517199 In reply to DonJaime.

Also, the onine reader works great on Linux. I am pretty sure you are correct.

]]> By: DonJaime https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517198 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 10:45:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517198 I installed the current version of the Kindle reader with the current version of Wine. So maybe this post is obsolete.

]]> By: JAFO https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517197 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:14:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517197 Just install PlayOnLinux. (a kind of overlay for WINE that handles many configuration settings for you automatically) Then use POL to install the latest version of Kindle Reader for Windows. It can even download it for you if you like. After registering the reader, I had to restart it before it would properly access my library, but after that, everything works correctly.

]]> By: glen https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517196 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:18:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517196 The cloud reader is fine for reading. It does not allow cut and paste, which is the reason people want either a version for linux (such as .deb) or emulation through wine.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517195 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:55:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517195 I’ve not kept up with the new version because it does not matter any more. Kindle Cloud Reader allows you to read your kindle books on any platform that runs a web browser. Well, I’ve not tried it on my Wii yet, but it works great in Linux on Chrome and Firefox.

]]> By: John Hutcheson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517194 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:10:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517194 Now that version has expired and we’re stuck this error message.:
fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub!

]]> By: Jack Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517193 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:43:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517193 tried this out and it was an amazing experience but kindle with windows was also good, I had problem for my own books converting Bob from http://www.ebookconversion.com/ helped out with device use and updates

]]> By: Ariane https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517192 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:18:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517192 Thank you so much for this. The only thing that keeps the Internet worthwhile is people like you who know their stuff and are willing to share their knowledge.

]]> By: Buggsy2 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517191 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:32:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517191 By jove, it really works. I’m using the latest Ubuntu as of this writing (11.04). Went into the Software Center, installed the Wine Beta, followed one of the links to the old Kindle, opened the .tar file in the Archiver; double-clicked on the .exe and Kindle was running just a couple of minutes later. Worked a treat!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517190 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:41:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/16/how-to-actuall-get-the-kindle/#comment-517190 1) It brutalizes my files. I want to put my ebooks where I want to, I don’t want Calibre to make its own copies and put them it its own system. Don’t mind if that’s an option, but I don’t want it as the default.

2) It does not use standard file naming conventions. This makes me assume it was written for use on some other, inferior system, and makes me nervoius.

3) It does not read Kindle books. It opens the Kindle reader, if you’ve got one, and delivers you the book that way. Whcih is fine, but for people trying to read their kindle books on a Linux machine, this is not the solution.

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