inputs.text: potentially useful toy work linux - kobo touch ereader work without computer need wireless lan software not best hardware quite goodinspired reviews bought one cute little toys ive never ereader ive heard read many stories wonderful finally bought one reviews made think would work linux hours frustrating failures get goingi write notes solutions linux issues not easy find information elsewherei found impossible get initial registration work usb cable linux pc famous unsupported kobodesktop debian package requires software called \\alien\\ located web converts deb file rpm file unusable half dozen library files missing actually files less present exactly right version subversion unlikely linux distributions changing quickly unsupported kobodesktopdeb file no usefinally hours failures thought would wind old windows xp machine register new kobo touch ereader gives option register either via computer via wireless lan wlan option works immediately without difficulties dont actually need computer loop allto obtain better functionality downloaded installed binary version calibre software seems work well source package plagued library incompatibilities calibre cant register kobo useful managing registration dont want use pc management software write files directly readers usb file system pops pc connect cable kobo magically finds loaded files indexes disconnect usb cableif dont need load files tofrom kobo computer get ebooks online stores wish doesnt matter youve got linux mac ibm mainframe enigma machine computerthe expansion slot microsd card works fine screen good documents small pages really unsuitable a4 documents pretty bad panning page various controls difficult operate a4format document 10point type cant easily view kobo even landscape mode increase magnification much panning not convenient doebooks specially formatted ereaders seem okay standard pdf files not suited suppose could convert pdf files epub format using calibre software ive waiting 2 hours already single 1200page pdf file converted ebook format might overnight job ps 2013123 lower rating 4 stars 3 stars unit probably going almost useless wanted viewing pdf files seems major software design flaws viewing a4 document cuts top 20 25 top page lesser percentages missing three margins even though zoom text difficulty cant see anything outside central zone pagemy attempt convert pdf files epub using calibre totally failed get garbled partial text 50 80 text randomly omitted poorly formatted takes 4 hours convert 1200 pages even properly prepared epub book like calibre manual navigation clumsy annoying user interface overall poorly designedeven professionally prepared sample ebook published dover mathematics not readable ereader not really suitable mathematics need diagrams formulae diagrams require lot screen space formulae require high resolution might write software convert pdf tex epub isnt worth bother use linux notebook computer instead everything perfectly runs 6 hours batteriesconclusionyes machine work linux overall assessment remains \\potentially useful toy\\ think ill stick real books real computersgation clumsy annoying user interface overall poorly designedeven professionally prepared sample ebook published dover mathematics not readable ereader not really suitable mathematics need diagrams formulae diagrams require lot screen space formulae require high resolution might write software convert pdf tex epub isnt worth bother use linux notebook computer instead everything perfectly runs 6 hours batteriesconclusionyes machine work linux overall assessment remains \\potentially useful toy\\ think ill stick real books real computers