Ubuntu on a tablet... Is there one?

[Ken Springer]

On 8/13/13 3:58 AM, pete smout wrote:
> On 13/08/13 09:32, Ken Springer wrote:
>> On 8/12/13 8:05 PM, Doug wrote:
>>> On 08/12/2013 09:36 PM, Ken Springer wrote:

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Hi, Pete.

> Hi, and welcome to the list.

Thanks for the welcome.

> Not a Ubuntu thing, but I have a Kobo Glo which I found to be excellent
> for my e-reading needs, at a reasonable price and it syncs with
> (Calibre) on my Ubuntu machines. It uses the epub format although will
> read PDF & .txt formats I have found the last 2 to be less than ideal on
> the reader, but Calibre will convert any format to epub (or any other
> for other e-readers) with no problems. (Get calibre from their site
> www.calibre.com as the version in the repo's is out of date, and the
> conversion is still a bit buggy!)

I'm just now beginning to seriously consider a tablet/ereader due to a 
personal history project where a lot of the books I am searching for are 
available only in various digital forms due to the age of the books. 
Usually published between.......... 1890-1930.  And hauling a computer 
around just to read them is a PITA.  But printing them is even worse, 
once you consider the cost vs. buying a tablet.

I didn't know about the Kobo Glo.  Thanks for the heads up.  I wish I 
could actually go see one, but apparently Best Buy doesn't carry them, 
and that's the only local option for actually seeing one.

Reading PDF and TXT format files does concern me for the ereaders, as I 
really wonder if all PDF and TXT files can be zoomed in and still retain 
line wraps.

At any rate, I'm not going to buy anything until Apple releases iOS 7. 
I want to try to avoid the "I wish I could do that" and "I didn't know I 
could do that" reactions as much as possible.  So, seeing one in a store 
would be great, regardless of which brand it is.  It seems the Google 
Nexus is the most cutting edge unit at the moment, as far as pure 
horsepower is concerned.

I just installed Calibre on this Mac.  Until I learned of its existence, 
I was worried about file formats.  Now that's not a problem.

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-- 
Ken

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