On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:54 +, pmgazz wrote:
> Open standard epub format works great on Ubuntu:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
>
> I use FBReader as a client - works fine both on my Ubuntu laptop and
> my N900, reads epubs, txt and html books. It's a bit basic but
> perfectly useable.
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 14:26 +, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:54 +, pmgazz wrote:
> > Otherwise, publishers with existing copyright insist on using DRM -
> > nothing (legally) to be done about that as far as I can tell.
>
> Except for Baen, one of the first publishers t
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 11:40 +, Ciarán Mooney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This isn't a complete answer to your question but have you tried
> Project Gutenberg?
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> They are a public domain, ie free, repository of e-books.
>
> Ciarán
Thanks. Gutenberg was act
On 08/11/10 14:26, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:54 +, pmgazz wrote:
>> Otherwise, publishers with existing copyright insist on using DRM -
>> nothing (legally) to be done about that as far as I can tell.
>
> Except for Baen, one of the first publishers to come to their se
On 04/11/10 19:02, Matthew Wild wrote:
> On 4 November 2010 15:20, Matt Darcy wrote:
>> I'm looking at clever ways to do this such as a permissions schema
>> linking into mysql, but it's starting to get a bit over the top. I'm
>> confident this isn't possible but thought I'd throw it out to the li
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:54 +, pmgazz wrote:
> Otherwise, publishers with existing copyright insist on using DRM -
> nothing (legally) to be done about that as far as I can tell.
Except for Baen, one of the first publishers to come to their senses
(and have the mounting sales to prove it). Al
On 05/11/10 21:33, Simon Greenwood wrote:
There is a hardware information tool that should be able to detect what is
visible to the kernel in a bit more meaningful way than dmesg but its name
escapes me at the moment. Have a search for 'hardware' in Software Centre.
Try lspci for pci devi
Open standard epub format works great on Ubuntu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
I use FBReader as a client - works fine both on my Ubuntu laptop and my
N900, reads epubs, txt and html books. It's a bit basic but perfectly
useable.
In addition to Gutenberg, which is publishing some of its
Hi,
This isn't a complete answer to your question but have you tried
Project Gutenberg?
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
They are a public domain, ie free, repository of e-books.
Ciarán
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On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:40 +, Colin Law wrote:
> On 8 November 2010 08:29, Ted Wager wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:24 +, Colin Law wrote:
> >> On 8 November 2010 08:20, Ted Wager wrote:
> >> > I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K
> >> > and .avi..Thes w
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:29 +, Ted Wager wrote:
> Hi Colin..
> Thanks for the very quick reply..What format should I use to ensure
> the files are read ok by my dvd player ?
A lot will depend on what formats your DVD player supports. Since it
failed with supporting xvid I assume it has no su
On 8 November 2010 08:29, Ted Wager wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:24 +, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 8 November 2010 08:20, Ted Wager wrote:
>> > I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K
>> > and .avi..Thes will play ok on the computer but my dvd player tells me
>> > "u
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:24 +, Colin Law wrote:
> On 8 November 2010 08:20, Ted Wager wrote:
> > I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K
> > and .avi..Thes will play ok on the computer but my dvd player tells me
> > "unknown format"...Anyone tell me what format I shou
On 8 November 2010 08:20, Ted Wager wrote:
> I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K
> and .avi..Thes will play ok on the computer but my dvd player tells me
> "unknown format"...Anyone tell me what format I should use to make them
> readable by my dvd player?
> Regards..
I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K
and .avi..Thes will play ok on the computer but my dvd player tells me
"unknown format"...Anyone tell me what format I should use to make them
readable by my dvd player?
Regards...
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