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_Robert_Kasanicky_
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November 2, 2007
Question

When will Linux version be released?

  • November 2, 2007
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FAQ says:
Will a Linux® version of Digital Editions be available?
Yes, a desktop Linux is under development and a public beta is expected later this year.

I paid for a digital editions book and still can't read it on my linux laptop. Could you give some more concrete date than 'later this year'? This year won't last long, so I hope it won't just be updated to 'later next year'...

Thanks
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    pontuskarlsson
    pontuskarlsson
    Participant
    June 6, 2022

    It is now 2022 and still no version of DigitalEditions exists on Linux. In fact the version that was installable through Wine has stopped working, so there are even less options.

    The public library where I live use Overdrive, which requires DigitalEditions to be able to read books you lend there. Adobe has somehow managed to insert themselves as a gatekeeper to the common good which is payed for with taxes.

    I think that comes with a responsibility to make it accessible to everyone.

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    Anonymous
    January 17, 2011

    Okay, it's now 2011.  This thread was started in 2007.  And STILL a Linux version does not exist.

    Adobe, aren't you the least bit embarrassed by this sad state of affairs?  I know I would be.

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    Anonymous
    January 20, 2011

    I think it's not about how long it has been, or how much it's requested or the fake surveys adobe has been doing to get  facts out of it, it's the developers inside of adobe who do not want to do it, clearly developers have stated on this forum that not enough people will pay for linux software but they are wrong, heaps of people would switch at the click of their fingers and pay for a linux version just because the OS is free does not make everything else free, Adobe need new developers with a futuristic point of view, because the rate Google OS is becoming popular i guess they will have no choice, wouldn't they want a linux os with less problems then windows. Developers working inside Adobe do not make sense, and the surveys they say they are doing, cannot be anything of realistic data, load of crap, Adobe could make it available for linux it's just they don't want to.

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    Anonymous
    May 20, 2012

    The largest science fiction publisher in the world, Tom Doherty Associates (whose labels include Tor, Forge, Orb, and Starscape books) announced on April 24th, that "by early July 2012, their entire list of e-books will be available DRM-free:

         www.defectivebydesign.org

    Even O'Reilly already sells DRM-free computer and technical books in a variety of formats.

    I believe if Adobe is not going to release Linux version of  Digital Editions any soon,  community will find a way to live without DRM, Digital Editions and... Adobe.

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    Anonymous
    December 30, 2010

    ttt

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    _Simon_Tse_
    Participant
    March 8, 2009
    They are still ignoring the Linux community... sad...

    An MPhil student at Chinese Univ of HK, which also subscribed to netlibrary, which gives ebook download only via digital edition.

    Hope there're other competing open standard products. Even Adobe is not as stinky as Microsoft, I think competition is truly necessarily.

    The DRM is not so hard to implement, why should Adobe dominate part of our online reading experience?

    Simon Tse
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    _Mat_B__
    Participant
    December 20, 2008
    Adobe please, please continue your efforts on the linux-platform (Flash 64bit, Adobe AIR, Acrobat, Photoshop ? ;) ) ...

    and please keep your promises! :

    "Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 will be unveiled at the OReilly Tools of Change Conference in San Jose on June 19.
    Pricing, Availability and System Requirements

    Adobe Digital Editions is available immediately as a free download for Microsoft Windows® and Macintosh® systems at www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions . Adobe Digital Editions for Linux platforms and localized versions in French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese are expected to be available in the second half of 2007."

    http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200706/061907DigitalEditions.html

    otherwise you might be losing lots of potential future customers ! (XPS anyone ?) even though I believe pdf is the better container format ...

    It's really frustrating not being able to read the (encrypted / DRMed) books I BOUGHT ! What would Gutenberg have said ?

    if you're not able to provide a working port for general consumption at least make it possible to make it working via wine or crossover Linux ! so that people can authorize via internet and read THEIR "licensed" books !

    many thanks in advance

    a fan and power-user of your products :)
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      _MM_Murphy_
      Participant
      December 14, 2008
      .. and I've rewarded NoStarch with a purchase. A replacement for the other book that wouldn't display and wasted my time.
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      _MM_Murphy_
      Participant
      December 14, 2008
      NoStarch Press still seems to sell "real" PDF books. Cite:

      "We trust our readers *and* we believe that electronic books should have the same reader rights as printed books."

      Good for them!
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        _MM_Murphy_
        Participant
        December 14, 2008
        I second the request for better Linux support. I'm in the same position of having a book I can't display. Hopefully the publisher will give me a refund.

        Regards, Max
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        _Nicholas_Steffens_
        Participant
        December 11, 2008
        I use Crossover Office version 6.2.0 (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/) and installed Digital Editions (digitaleditions1x5.exe).

        Digital Editions works perfectly! This may also work using wine although I haven't tried this yet.

        Regards,
        Nick
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        Anonymous
        April 26, 2009

        I have installed crossover and digital editions; however, being new to linux cannot figure out how to get the book to download from the library. Please give step by step instructions. Thanks.

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        _Quinn_Dobson_
        Participant
        October 6, 2008
        This is a shame. I purchased books on ebooks.com with the assumption that I would be able to read the Adobe version, but alas, it was not the be. The Windows version of Digital Editions appears to work perfectly emulated by Wine, but it won't authenticate my books. Anyone have a solution?
        I was not able to find any mention of the eb20 option as mentioned above on ebooks.com.
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