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   IBBoard (ibboard@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 00:26:29 JST IBBoard

   Ugh. What is it with the state of desktop ebook readers?

   Gnome Books: Dead.
   Calibre: Clunky, heavy, ugly.
   FBReader: Went closed-source and mostly abandoned Linux.
   Bookworm: Poor filtering, poor sorting, paged library, only had translation updates in the last year.
   Foliate: No real library management. No sorting.
   Librum: Flatpack-only (also, C++ and QML). Appears to depend on a server. Has "AI tooling".
   Lector: Crashes on launch.

   #Linux #ebooks #epub

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 00:26:29 JST 翠星石

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     @ibboard zathura+zathra-pdf-mupd+zathura-djvu+zathura-cb works fine.
     
     There's also KOReader, which is designed for e-readers but works just fine on a desktop; https://koreader.rocks/
     
     The Church of Emacs works too.