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Is there an ePub apocalypse? A case study and beyond it

August 4, 2026 Is there an ePub apocalypse? A case study and beyond it2026-08-04T09:22:28+01:00 No Comment apocalypse, apps, epub, Gemini, Google, kindle, tips

A chat with Gemini, what else? ❶ Ludditus: Back in the day, when ePub readers included models from Sony (PRS-300, 350, 500, 505) and many other brands, I was rabid…

Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “It’s perfect. xfce4-file-manager.desktop is the generic file manager used by default, whereas thunar.desktop is a specific one, especially as in…” Aug 4, 07:06
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Well, MX does some settings in non-standard ways. I wrote somewhere how I added several keyboard layouts in xfce4-keyboard-settings, and…” Aug 4, 07:05
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Now, go to Settings Manager, Keyboard (or run xfce4-keyboard-settings), Application Shortcuts. Add or Edit xfce4-popup-whiskermenu, then press the Win key.…” Aug 4, 00:12
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Here, in MX with Vinyl: $ xdg-mime query default inode/directory xfce4-file-manager.desktop Is it okay, doctor?” Aug 3, 23:53
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “One more update with 3 more Debian customizations (14 to 16).” Aug 3, 20:34
Béranger on One more visit to the Small Web: “A few more links from a later visit to Kagi’s Small Web.” Aug 3, 09:37
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Unlike GoComics, Comics Kingdom actually exposes all non-premium comic strips to anyone, or at least it works on my Firefox…” Aug 3, 08:38
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Hmmm, that’s true, and even though I keep on clicking many windows just to see the storyarc of Flash Gordon,…” Aug 3, 06:42
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “💥 Michael Yingling’s Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine is dead again. This time, possibly for good. 😡🤬” Aug 2, 20:03
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “I never bothered, so I couldn’t tell. Comics Kingdom has such a clumsy navigation in time that I wouldn’t pay…” Aug 2, 19:07
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Hey, I have a question: how can I bypass the paywall from Comics Kingdom so I can read the old…” Aug 2, 18:59
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “● NYT: Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations: The attacks, which date as far back…” Jul 31, 21:01
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Version 2.6.0 was released: • Added extra comic titles up to a total of 80, including serialized ones, with stories…” Jul 31, 18:12
ConEst on KDE Bug 342056: Thunar is still a great file manager: “Nautilus ROCKS! (perfect words to ragebait Ludditus)” Jul 29, 23:20
Béranger on Când Justiția poate suspenda tot ce vrea ea: cazul ROMATSA ● Acum și Justiția belgiană!: “Tribunalul de Primă Instanță din Bruxelles a stabilit termenul de 4 ianuarie 2027 pentru judecarea cererii prin care ROMATSA solicită…” Jul 29, 21:47
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Nope.” Jul 29, 21:37
HAL on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Regarding FSearch, at Linux Apps: There is Everything in Linux! (It’s called FSearch…) you wrote: “Now, for a full-text search…” Jul 29, 21:20
Béranger on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “Price and convenience.” Jul 29, 12:20
Risto on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “I had similar kinds of infuriating interactions with Bluehost until I got fed up and moved my site to a…” Jul 29, 12:19
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Brewster Rockit runs extended stories, usually running several weeks at a time. I have avoided so far this kind of…” Jul 28, 09:12
Dave on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Great job – thanks. Can you add Brewster Rockit from GoComics?” Jul 28, 08:31
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Two updates already. UPDATE 1 concerns the case of GPT‑5.6 Sol and an unreleased model going rogue on Hugging Face.…” Jul 27, 10:54
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “The traitor Hope: Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher & Higher) | Hope (13) & The Blues Monsters LIVE |…” Jul 27, 00:54
HAL on Future Euro banknotes: a flop?: “I would probably choose B, E, H. However, I could see them choosing A or D. I don’t know why,…” Jul 26, 20:24
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “The Graystones, posted on July 24: Rolling in the Deep – Adele… cover by The Graystones ft. Evan Riley. Sock…” Jul 24, 22:19
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Well, let’s just say mine is PC.” Jul 24, 19:30
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Unless you’re using macOS, my app is the simplest way to access a limited but decent list of the most…” Jul 24, 19:27
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “I guess this might do for a while. Though I wish there were a strong userscript or extension to bypass…” Jul 24, 19:17
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “1. No, there isn’t any that I know of. 2. It’s in the page source (CTRL+U):” Jul 24, 17:25
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “So just to clear my mind, is there any extension or userscript to bypass the GoComics paywall to read all…” Jul 24, 17:20
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Rip Haywire is a serialized daily strip, and I prefer comics that are, most of the time, self-consistent and independent…” Jul 24, 16:57
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “One question: do you think your program app will include the rest of the comic strips like Nancy, Heart of…” Jul 24, 16:11
Béranger on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “„Ce Respir?” are postare deosebit de instructivă: Anatomia unei breșe de 41 de secunde: cum a lovit exploitul wp2shell și…” Jul 24, 12:41
HAL on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “That’s just great! To think that IONOS runs so many ads boasting about its expertise and high quality… Deutsche Qualität…” Jul 23, 21:19
Béranger on Camomile for your Windows laptop (if you really must): “ℹ️ If you need to use Ventoy on Windows to install it or upgrade it on a flash drive, then…” Jul 22, 14:11
Béranger on Ce nu știați despre aparatele digitale de măsurat tensiunea (și nici despre Huawei): “Nu am păreri. N-a fost nici rău, dar nici nu am întinerit, iar în final am încetat să mai iau.…” Jul 19, 09:21
Laurențiu on Ce nu știați despre aparatele digitale de măsurat tensiunea (și nici despre Huawei): “Salutare! Dacă ai luat à la longue Nattokinase, ce părere ai? Aș vrea să mă apuc și eu dar mai…” Jul 19, 06:13
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Just noticed a 7-part live show by The Turnarounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3sQL6czeA8” Jul 19, 01:54
Béranger on Românii sunt handicapați și sugeraniști în masă: “Nu am aprobat comentariul unui retardat care nu înțelege că „în masă” înseamnă „în număr mare”, nicidecum „în totalitatea lor”.…” Jul 15, 23:13
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “Dragoș Pîslaru pretinde că se implică. Pe FB: Clarificări privind amenda de 1.000.000 lei aplicată familiei Pașca. Pe 30 iunie,…” Jul 15, 08:09
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “DIICOT-antricot a mai suferit o înfrângere: Viorel Pașca și ceilalți cinci inculpați scapă de control judiciar.” Jul 13, 14:33
HAL on Is Ubuntu LTS a bad choice?: “A bad choice… It indeed seems that this is increasingly the case.” Jul 12, 22:14
santosh on The CCPA and the GDPR will eventually kill Linux: “The other issue is why does it look like MaxMind has a monopoly on geolocation IP data? If there was…” Jul 12, 06:11
HAL on File Explorer: less annoying sans Automatic Folder Type Discovery: “But that’s completely crazy! Horrible! 🤬” Jul 11, 23:18
Béranger on File Explorer: less annoying sans Automatic Folder Type Discovery: “Update: Windows 11 File Explorer is still the worst of all!” Jul 11, 17:13
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Not bad! Toto – Rosanna guitar & piano cover by J8KE (12)” Jul 8, 16:20
Béranger on It ain’t no freedom, and it’ll be even less of it: “Even less of it… Risky Bulletin: All new cars to include a camera aimed at the driver’s face: All new…” Jul 8, 12:35
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “Cazul Dumbrava: am adăugat un al treilea set de informații și opinii.” Jul 7, 09:47
Béranger on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Your note is welcome, because I never heard of deno. There are several GUI apps who use yt-dlp and which…” Jul 6, 14:10
santosh on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Just a minor note. Debian actually provides an up to date yt-dlp through their backports. Up to date with the…” Jul 6, 14:05
edel on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “The first time in the U.S. was in the mid-1990s, well I was asked whether I knew what a television…” Jul 6, 08:59
alecs on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “Democracy is such a wonderful system because its failures are attributed to deviations from true democratic principles rather than flaws…” Jul 6, 03:58
Béranger on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “I’d like to present some objections to these theses. First, the idea of “natural rights” was not invented by John…” Jul 5, 09:46
Cozy on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “I agree with the sentiment; we should be having a funeral here… But there is a quote I’d like to…” Jul 5, 03:01
Béranger on Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux: “I wish XFCE Settings Manager had something like what Budgie Control Center has (here, in Ultramarine 44): The default for…” Jul 4, 21:05
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “„bun simț” sau „bun-simț”? Substantivul este dat de toate dicționarele de pe dexonline.ro cu cratimă. De pildă, DLRM (1958). Doar…” Jul 4, 10:17
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “No, because everyone who insists that Btrfs is a better file system is mentally retarded.” Jul 4, 10:14
santosh on Is Debian the Answer?: “Have you looked at Butterbian? Claims to be a better Debian setup.” Jul 4, 10:11
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Azile sau aziluri? Inițial, am crezut că e vorba de un bug în dexonline: – sinteza, care este căcatul cu…” Jul 3, 09:18
alecs on Perspectiva narativă pizdodiegetică: “Școala te pregătește pentru viață. Se poate să muncești patru ani de zile doar pentru ca o mână de incompetenți,…” Jul 3, 03:44