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  1. 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!

  2. Status update:

    Pdf reader with touchscreen control, alongside some pdfs from #HumbleBooksBundle also converted an epub copy of a Agatha Christie novel from #ProjectGutenberg using #calibre to pdf.

    Currently no nice way of selecting the pdfs.

  3. I just bought my first ebook outside of the Amazon 'ecosystem'! Tracey Nicholls' An Ethics of Improvisation.

    - Found it on ebook.de/de
    - Managed it via Calibre
    -Added it to Zotero

    It was *much more expensive* than on Amazon, but we all know how Amazon keeps their prices so incredibly low, therefore supporting an EU-based infrastructure felt like doing the right thing.

    So far it seems a wonderful book.

    #deamazon #amazon #opensource #calibre #artisticresearch #improvisation #ethics

  4. (Linux news in previous posts of thread)

    FOSS NEWS

    GIMP Announce Official Snap Package for Ubuntu:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/offici

    Google's Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich as Dangerous:
    news.itsfoss.com/google-safe-b
    (They hate competition, just the usual...)

    Tor Browser's latest alpha removes AI features introduced by Firefox for enhanced privacy:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    digiKam 8.8 adds hierarchical tag import, focus point preview, and new blur tool:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    Calibre 8.13 enhances search editing & compatibility with new features and fixes:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    PeaZip 10.7 released with built-in text & image viewer, and image thumbnails' display:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    Two major security vulnerabilities discovered in 7-Zip, affecting Windows users:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    Linux's Favorite Game SuperTuxKart 1.5 Released with Graphics Overhaul and New Features:
    news.itsfoss.com/supertuxkart-

    Servo 0.0.1 Browser Engine Released:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.1-
    (Nice to see the first version released this quickly, although it's still lacking behind in terms of website compatibility, but it's getting there. We need independent engines/browsers like this one and Ladybird)

    Servo's Demo Browser Adds Experimental Mode & More Performance Improvements:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-Septem

    Mullvad VPN adds QUIC obfuscation on Android and iOS to bypass firewalls and censorship:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/10

    Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/maki

    (more FOSS news in comment)

    #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #GIMP #Immich #Tor #TorBrowser #digiKam #Calibre #PeaZip #7Zip #SuperTuxKart #Servo #MullvadVPN #Mullvad #DOSBox #DOSBoxPure #DOSBoxPureUnleashed #DOS #DOSGaming #ImageManipulation #Browser #WebBrowser #VPN #FileCompression #ImageEditing #Ebook #EbookReader #Gaming #FOSSGaming #FOSSGame #FosseryTech

  5. Das Archiv des phrack-Magazins lässt sich einfach herunterladen. Es sind tar-gezippte txt-Dateien: archives.phrack.org/tgz/

    Wie krieg ich die geschickt ins Calibre, so mit Metadaten und so?

    Einfach die .tar.gz importieren führte nicht zum erhofften Ergebnis. Einfach die .txt importieren lässt die Metadaten außen vor.

    #phrack #calibre #metadaten