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Time for a Come to Jeebus moment: I will never get along with #calibre ebook management.

It's an incredible, capable, venerable piece of software, and my partially blind ass just continuously gets gut punched by its interface hard and often enough that I spent a chunk of this evening picking apart the broken bits of 5 separate Calibre libraries I've tried to maintain over time. All failed.

So, I now have a sanely curated set of named folders on my NAS for ebooks:

./fiction
./fiction/science-fiction
./fiction/science-fiction/robert-a-heinlein
./freemasonry
./freemasonry/audiobooks
./.local
./.local/bin
./art
./art/digital
./art/digital/blender
./history
./history/manuscripts
./history/manuscripts/voynich
./history/transportation
./history/transportation/mbta
./history/espionage
./gaming
./gaming/tabletop
./gaming/tabletop/world-of-darkness
./psychology
./Desktop
./tech
./tech/emacs
./tech/processing
./tech/ai
./tech/rust
./tech/security
./tech/math
./tech/culture
./tech/culture/model-view-culture
./tech/scheme
./tech/languages
./tech/games
./tech/databases
./tech/python
./tech/python/kivy
./tech/python/Music for Geeks and Nerds
./tech/python/Music for Geeks and Nerds/tracks
./tech/python/Music for Geeks and Nerds/code
./tech/python/Music for Geeks and Nerds/code/pyknon
./tech/retro
./tech/retro/amiga
./tech/retro/atari8
./tech/infrastructure-as-code
./tech/php
./tech/lisp

I am pleased with this arrangement.

Sometimes (often?) a nicely arranged #UNIX filesystem is chefs kiss perfect!

Every Free App You Actually Need Explained (Part 1-4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWSs6laAO0

#OpenSource #freeapps #LibreOffice
#VLC Media Player
#DaVinci Resolve
#OBS Studio
#GIMP
#Audacity
#Blender
#Obsidian
#Scratch
#Godot
#Krita
#Photopea
#Inkscape
#LMMS
#Shotcut / Kdenlive
#KeePassXC
#Thunderbird
#Calibre
#Joplin
#MPV
#Affinity
#ProtonVPN
#Bitwarden
#PDF24 Creator
#LocalSend
#VirtualBox
#Notepad++
#FreeCAD
#Ardour
#WinRAR
#Everything
#Syncthing
#Penpot
#Proton Pass
#KDE Connect
#Parsec
#VSCodium
#Scribus
#HandBrake
#7-Zip
#ShareX
#qBittorrent
#Free Download Manager
#totalcommander

Years ago I set up a Calibre here at home. I revisited this about 2 weeks ago.

https://www.bytevortex.tech/from-calibre-and-runeaudio-to-something-better/

#Blaugust #Blaugust2026 #selfhosting #calibre #runeaudio #audiobookshelf #navidrome

📬 Kindle for PC: Amazon schließt DRM-Schlupfloch mit App-Aus
#EBooks #amazonkindle #Bookfab #Calibre #drm #DRMUmgehung #KFX #KindleforPC #Kopierschutz #MicrosoftStore #Windows11 https://sc.tarnkappe.info/f28e40

Added #Bitwarden #AvesGallery #SimpleScreenRecorder #FlorisBoard #NeoStore to:

#uBlockOrigin #lichess #AutoKey #XScreenSaver #Anki #ArchLinux #Manjaro #KDE #xfce #LyX #InputRemapper #Strawberry #Soulseek #hBlock #Qalculate #CodeSpellChecker #LibreOffice #Geany #Betterbird #TransOver #EnhancerForYT #btop++ #Calibre #Shotcut #Remmina #Transmission #K9Mail #RedMoon #Markor #Livio #Musicolet #LittleFileExplorer #microG #AntennaPod #personalDNSfilter #PanoScrobbler #VivaldiBrowser #Bunnytrack

Added #Bitwarden #AvesGallery #SimpleScreenRecorder #FlorisBoard #NeoStore to:

#uBlockOrigin #lichess #AutoKey #XScreenSaver #Anki #ArchLinux #Manjaro #KDE #xfce #LyX #InputRemapper #Strawberry #Soulseek #hBlock #Qalculate #CodeSpellChecker #LibreOffice #Geany #Betterbird #TransOver #EnhancerForYT #btop++ #Calibre #Shotcut #Remmina #Transmission #K9Mail #RedMoon #Markor #Livio #Musicolet #LittleFileExplorer #microG #AntennaPod #personalDNSfilter #PanoScrobbler #VivaldiBrowser #Bunnytrack

Added #Bitwarden #AvesGallery #SimpleScreenRecorder #FlorisBoard #NeoStore to:

#uBlockOrigin #lichess #AutoKey #XScreenSaver #Anki #ArchLinux #Manjaro #KDE #xfce #LyX #InputRemapper #Strawberry #Soulseek #hBlock #Qalculate #CodeSpellChecker #LibreOffice #Geany #Betterbird #TransOver #EnhancerForYT #btop++ #Calibre #Shotcut #Remmina #Transmission #K9Mail #RedMoon #Markor #Livio #Musicolet #LittleFileExplorer #microG #AntennaPod #personalDNSfilter #PanoScrobbler #VivaldiBrowser #Bunnytrack