On 6/21/09, Frank Murphy <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looking for user experiences with e-book readers. > Against maybe buying a 7" netbook for same purpose. I periodically review the e-book offerings, and so far I've always come to the conclusion that my 7'' eee pc is much more useful then either of them (for me anyway). There's a lot that's wrong with these gadgets, but the common source of all problems seems to be their closed nature. If one could get to their underlying OS (linux?) and freely install software, it'd be a different proposition. But one cannot, so a netbook, rotated by 90 degrees, with FBreader, evince and acroread (yes, it's a must, not just because it allows fine control over magnification (a must on a small screen) but also because of its superior output) is the only reasonable choice (again, for me). Yes, I'd love to have an e-ink display and longer battery life, but not if that means I can't conveniently read my whole collection of pdf/ps/html/rtf/txt/whatever books and documents. Just my 2c, Andras -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
