Hi all. I'm currently in the market for an e-book device. I'd like something that Ubuntu recognizes obviously, at least as a mass storage volume. But honestly I could probably live without that if I had to so long as it had a micro SD or SD slot. Most important to me is that it can read .pdf files flawlessly, possibly with zoom. (I want it mostly for reading scholarly journal articles, not MOBI or PRC.) Something that doesn't automatically link me to some ****** online store would be ideal. It would also be nice if it generally had a decent interface for handling miscellaneous .pdfs since some of these things seem to only like to look pretty when you're buying the books from their store.
I don't want to go anywhere near the Kindle.
The Cybook Opus looks interesting but I'm unsure what to make of this from wikipedia: "The Cybook technically supports PDF files, however it doesn't actually reflow text. Current firmware revisions support ten levels of zoom and allow scrolling around the page, making the device suitable for reading many PDF files."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybook_Opus
http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx
What does reflow text mean for PDFs?
Foxit eSlick Reader is another contender. I imagine it would read PDFs pretty well since it comes from the makers of the Foxit Reader. Wikipedia says it can be recognized by Linux OSes but that you can only update the firmware on Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESlick
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/o...ification.html
If anyone has any experience with a Cybook or eSlick it would be much appreciated.
(Reposted from another thread in the Community Cafe section of the forums because I thought more people might see it here.)
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