On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 07:53:47AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:55 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 08:44:16AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
Anyone had any luck getting "Kindle for PC" to run on OpenSuse via WINE ?
There are several internet posts that reference a minor "tweak" to wine (essentially changing the winecfg to windows98 ) and "Kindle for PC" supposedly works fine. I've done the the winecfg tweak on both my OpenSuse 11.2 desktop and my Ubuntu laptop with similar results.
The "Kindle for PC" program appears to install, an Icon shows up on the desktop, but when the icon is clicked - it tries to launch but crashes.
I tried with yesterdays updated Wine package (1.2rc2 aka 1.1.45_1.2rc2) and it is able to access my Kindle stuff. (and I am able to browse the Freakonomics book I bought ;)
add the Wine repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_11.2/ (replace 11.2 by 11.1 if you are using 11.1)
Ciao, Marcus
Thanks for the suggestion Marcus, I had high hopes, but same results.
When you say "access my Kindle stuff" do you mean by using "Kindle for PC" available from Amazon ? Or browsing a Kindle via USB ? or perhaps something else?
If it's with "Kindle for PC" can you share which version?
I've spent a good deal of time now researching this subject, and it seems that the "Kindle for PC - Beta" version ran almost perfectly under Wine, but the final and current release do not. I've searched extensively for a copy of the old Beta release - but it seems that Amazon has searched equally well in making sure it's not available.
Thanks,
Regis
Ok, I've found an old "Kindle for PC" beta version at:
http://www.blogsdna.com/5575/read-kindle-books-on-your-computer-with-amazon-...
I downloaded it, used wincfg to change the default settings to windows98, then used command line to launch and it works perfectly. Connected to my amazon account, downloaded the book I thought I wasted 15 bucks on, and it looks great.
Now I'm a bit conflicted, I really like the idea of buying newly released books cheaper, faster, and being able to access them via desktop, laptop and blackberry - but it really seems like they intentionally broke the ability to run under wine in the final versions.
I'm having a hard time reconciling the idea of patronizing a company that runs its supposedly "proprietary device" on linux, then goes out of its way to exclude linux users. Oh well, for now I'm just glad it works.
I meanwhile took a look at the Kindle for PC Final version, and fixed the bug in Wine that caused it to not work. The fix hopefully will be in 1.2-rc3. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org