On 9 June 2011 15:59, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > I have a friend who has a laptop with only Ubuntu on it, this was a > deliberate decision. For various reasons they are now getting very > interested in the Kindle, I understand there are models with WiFi of a > couple of types (3g?). They do have a WiFi network. > > Anyone using a kindle with Ubuntu here please? > Any comments about how 'compatible' a Kindle will be with Ubuntu? > What functions of the product might be a problem? > tia > > You shouldn't need to connect a Kindle to a PC at all really: you buy books over the air from Amazon and they're synced to the device from your account. The Windows PC client for Kindle mostly runs under Wine 1.3 according to a couple of blog posts that I've just found.
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