On 12/11/2011 02:03 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 12/10/2011 7:20 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
3) My Kobo ebook will only update from Windows. There is an experimental Ubuntu software, so I may be forced to install Ubuntu on another partition or a VM. The devs said they do not intend to support more than one distro, and the chose Ubuntu. Are you talking about a software update to the Kobo, or just putting books on it.
For the latter, Calibre is the way to go.
For the Former, its probably like most readers, gets a few updates when new then, it is frozen and never gets another. I've used VMwarePlayer for that on my nook, but my nook is first edition, and will probably never see another upgrade.
Sorry if I've missed most of the conversation, but I need win functionality occasionally too. So every install where I might need it -- also gets a vbox install as well. It is so darn easy just to copy the .vdi over, there is really no reason to not go that route if you really need it. (yes you can go 32bit -> 64bit, it just takes more editing) Also .vdi expansion is now trivial in vbox. If you have a 8G install and then find out you need a 40G install, just: (1) Use VirtualBox to create a (vdi) new_hard_disk.vdi with your desired size. (2) VBoxManage clonehd old_hard_disk.vdi new_hard_disk.vdi --existing and then boot from new_hard_disk.vdi. If you want another ubuntu or arch install or whatever, just create another virtual machine in vbox (or your favorite virtual environment) Problem solved... Right now, the only offending apps I have are for the phone (apple [my next will run a more open OS]), and then tax and accounting software. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org