[ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to others. Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case it would be useful. On another note, part of my Open uni studies

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Alan Pope
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual,  if this is the case it would be useful. You can, but PDF rendering is less than ideal. You're better off

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread J Fernyhough
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: any suggestions or ideas I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations of the 6 screen with PDFs. Depending on the number of books you need, buying the tree copy or just reading on a netbook may work out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:48 +, J Fernyhough wrote: On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: any suggestions or ideas I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations of the 6 screen with PDFs. Depending on the number of books you need,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Liam Gallear
On 22 Mar 2011, at 11:10, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:48 +, J Fernyhough wrote: On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: any suggestions or ideas I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread steve
On 22/03/11 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote: Hi this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to others. Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case it would be useful. On another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Simon Redmond
I used calibre to convert a series of pdf's (funnily enough for an ou course) into the more native format for my kindle as I found reading the pdf to much of a strain on the eyes. It seems to work well, however its not a perfect conversion formatting can sometimes go a bit funny and images

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread J Fernyhough
On 22 March 2011 11:24, Simon Redmond si...@sibass.co.uk wrote: I used calibre to convert a series of pdf's (funnily enough for an ou course) into the more native format for my kindle as I found reading the pdf to much of a strain on the eyes. It seems to work well, however its not a perfect

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread Paul Sutton
On 22/03/11 10:45, Alan Pope wrote: On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Suttonzl...@zleap.net wrote: Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case it would be useful. You can, but PDF rendering is

[ubuntu-uk] Edubuntu thin client subnet and Windows Domain

2011-03-22 Thread Nathan Arkless
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-22 Thread TT Mooney
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case it would be useful. I have a Kindle 3G (the new one with both GSM and WiFi) and it is