First I downloaded the latest Raspbian Pixel image and installed it on a new 8GB microSD card. Requirements python 3. But even if you have low or no connectivity, there’s an easy solution: Create an eBook server with the open source Calibre eBook management software running on a Raspberry Pi 3. I am not expecting Raspbmc to run anything full-out like calibre, but simply reading a text file can't be that much harder than displaying Hollywood's finest, can it? And I don't know if it even has a browser like Firefox, or for that matter like Lynx (!), even though it supposedly can update itself over the Net and so the two can't be total strangers. Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database. And it would be very very nice indeed if I could turn a 16-by-10 screen on its side for ebook and text work, without much hassle about going back and forth.īut my research into Raspbmc has just begun- I know it is used for "popular media formats" but don't know where a current list is, so I can't see if epubs and mobis, for example, are available. But while changing out OS'es in Pi is not too difficult or time consuming, it would be nice if I could also use the Pi for light surfing (there are times you just *gotta* Google something, am I right?), ebook reading, and cbr's and cbz's. I'm thinking seriously about the recent Instructables about turning a laptop screen into a Pi-based media panel, with Raspbmc.
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