Can anyone recommend one? I thought I found one, but the pages were just pictures of the PDF pages 😮‍💨

  • Blaze@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Not an Android, but calibre is a good solution if you have a computer at hand

    • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
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      6 months ago

      It’s infuriating how fast we went from “if you have a computer because you can afford one at all” to “if you have a computer because you even bother to use one in the age of smartphones”

      • Blaze@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I see where you come from, but mobile phones are much better devices than computers for most of the people:

        • always on you
        • easier to use
        • more “real life” applications (camera, mobile music player etc)

        On Lemmy most of the people are desktop enthusiasts running Linux, but it makes sense that other people moved on

        • Dymonika@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          6 months ago

          easier to use

          Let me introduce you to spreadsheets, video-editing (advanced, not just simple), music notation, and many other forms…

          • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
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            6 months ago

            @Blaze is right, that most people’s personal computer scope of usage doesn’t reach far beyond scrolling through Facebook and paying bills once a month. A phone is perfectly well fit for that. Tech-savvy nerds of Lemmy such as myself or you have more requirements and scenarios where they need a more comfortable, powerful and capable device.

            • Blaze@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              6 months ago

              I use Linux as my main OS.

              I still see that people around me use their phones for almost everything.

              The tasks mentioned above make sense on a work computer, but most people leave the work computer at work and use their phones on their free time.

          • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            After my sister’s college laptop died, she only had a phone for over a decade and got by just fine.

              • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pubEnglish
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                6 months ago

                I get the computer part but why a desktop in particular? Especially for programming it shouldn’t make a difference.

                • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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                  6 months ago

                  You obviously are not a touch typist. I am.

                  Laptop keyboards are, as someone said, like running barefoot on cement: you can do it for short periods, but if you do it for a long time you start feeling the effects. I need to use a full width keyboard to be confortable programming. And not any full width keyboard; I need the ones where the keys are sculpted and their curvature varies (like the inside of a sphere) depending of the position of the keyboard. That way I can have a good feedback of the position of my fingers, again, without needing to watch the keyboard. If I’m going to connect a full keyboard to a laptop, I may well get a full desktop computer.

                  Why a desktop:

                  • if something craps out, is easier to change individual components in a desktop.
                  • my current desk is overcrowded and also is not designed to house a laptop and an additional monitor
                  • I despise using laptops for gaming and for anything that doesn’t require mobility. My serious computing is static, not mobile. My work provides me a laptop, but I can easily work from home, and also they don’t provide desktops. For my own machine, my choice is desktop, period.