issue182:critique3
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- | At around this time – it seems like ages ago – the first of the countries had issued emergency lockdown orders, and our lives were turned around beyond our wildest dreams as we all collectively fought to make sense of the unseen horror unfolding before us. What happened was beyond imagination (and this is a world that has survived a tsunami, way too many forest fires to count, loads of earthquakes, | + | **At around this time – it seems like ages ago – the first of the countries had issued emergency lockdown orders, and our lives were turned around beyond our wildest dreams as we all collectively fought to make sense of the unseen horror unfolding before us. What happened was beyond imagination (and this is a world that has survived a tsunami, way too many forest fires to count, loads of earthquakes, |
- | The more positive of us spun this exile, imposed from society, as a means of enjoying some much needed R & R from the business of corporate life, and we all (re-)invested in a hobby or three while we dealt with it all. | + | The more positive of us spun this exile, imposed from society, as a means of enjoying some much needed R & R from the business of corporate life, and we all (re-)invested in a hobby or three while we dealt with it all. ** |
- | So now, almost 2 years after the fact - when it seems the world is going pear-shaped again - I’d like to tell you all about my hobby: reading, and more specifically the many, many apps that allow me to do that on my Linux box. | + | À peu près à cette époque – cela semble une éternité – le premier pays avait émis des ordres de confinement d’urgence et nos vies étaient chamboulées au-delà de nos rêves les plus fous, pendant que nous tous, collectivement, |
- | Now, I say Linux box because I remember, back during my Windows days, that ebook readers were limited to open source cross platform apps - including calibre, FBReader, CoolReader3 - the official offerings from Kindle, Kobo, and the like - which came with the walled gardens of each company | + | Les plus optimistes parmi nous ont choisi de décrire cet exil, imposé par la société, comme une façon de profiter de cette période pour se reposer et se divertir – on en avait grand besoin – et prendre des vacances de la vie des entreprises ; |
- | On Linux however, much like the distributions and maybe even the kernel itself, the user is presented with a number of high quality, well maintained, options that can be easily obtained with a single terminal command or a GUI search. Without any more faffle, let’s look at the first of those offerings: | + | |
+ | **So now, almost 2 years after the fact - when it seems the world is going pear-shaped again - I’d like to tell you all about my hobby: reading, and more specifically the many, many apps that allow me to do that on my Linux box. | ||
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+ | Now, I say Linux box because I remember, back during my Windows days, that ebook readers were limited to open source cross platform apps - including Calibre, FBReader, CoolReader3 - the official offerings from Kindle, Kobo, and the like - which came with the walled gardens of each company (unless you knew how to work around them - more details another time), and the very Windows 8-ey Ice Cream Reader. ** | ||
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+ | Ainsi, maintenant, presque deux années après tout cela – quand il semblerait que le monde reprenne la forme d’une poire à nouveau – j’aimerais vous raconter mon violon d’Ingres à moi : la lecture et, plus précisément, | ||
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+ | Je dis bien machine Linux, parce que, je me souviens quand j’étais sous Windows, que les lecteurs d’e-book étaient limités à des applis multi-plateformes et Open Source – y compris Calibre, FBReader, CoolReader3 – les applis officielles du genre Kindle, Kobo, etc. - qui étaient livrées avec les jardins clos de chaque société (à moins que vous sachiez comment les contourner – plus de détails une autre fois) et Ice Cream Reader, très à la mode Windows 8. | ||
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+ | **On Linux however, much like the distributions and maybe even the kernel itself, the user is presented with a number of high quality, well maintained, options that can be easily obtained with a single terminal command or a GUI search. Without any more faffle, let’s look at the first of those offerings: | ||
Calibre | Calibre | ||
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- | The latest version of the software also comes with a revamped ebook reader, which has all the features from earlier versions, but lacks a little of the polish. I understand this was because of an issue with the Qt5 backend that calibre was using, which subsequently forced the devs to use a chromium instance. I’d not worry about the polish, as the devs are remarkably friendly, and the app is rigorously being worked on. | + | The latest version of the software also comes with a revamped ebook reader, which has all the features from earlier versions, but lacks a little of the polish. I understand this was because of an issue with the Qt5 backend that calibre was using, which subsequently forced the devs to use a chromium instance. I’d not worry about the polish, as the devs are remarkably friendly, and the app is rigorously being worked on. ** |
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+ | Sous Linux, cependant, tout comme les distributions et peut-être même le noyau, de nombreuses options de haute qualité sont offertes à l' | ||
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+ | Calibre | ||
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+ | ...est le grand-père des lecteurs de e-book, mais ce n’est pas du tout tout ce qu’il sait faire. Il peut organiser votre collection de e-book, la convertir et la partager sur de multiples e-lecteurs et récupérer les actualités des sites majeurs. Les nouvelles versions sont livrées avec un éditeur de e-book incluant presque autant de fonctionnalités que Sigil, le meilleur qui existe. | ||
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+ | La dernière version du logiciel est également livrée avec un lecteur de e-book renouvelé, qui contient toutes les fonctionnalités des versions précédentes, | ||
- | How can you get it? | + | **How can you get it? |
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Yes, if you need a feature-packed virtual library of sorts, that can also facilitate reading a good book and some news now and then. Another resounding yes if you have eReader hardware and would like to sync it to your Linux machine. | Yes, if you need a feature-packed virtual library of sorts, that can also facilitate reading a good book and some news now and then. Another resounding yes if you have eReader hardware and would like to sync it to your Linux machine. | ||
- | This user rates it 5 of a possible 5 stars for functionality, | + | This user rates it 5 of a possible 5 stars for functionality, |
- | But it’s understandable that a user might not need all the tools that calibre might offer them, which leads me directly to: | + | Comment l’obtenir? |
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+ | Devriez-vous l’obtenir ? | ||
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+ | Oui, si vous avez besoin d’une sorte de bibliothèque virtuelle pleine de fonctionnalités qui peut également faciliter la lecture d’un bon livre et quelques actualités de temps en temps. Un autre OUI retentissant si vous avez du matériel de lecture électronique et que vous voudriez le synchroniser avec votre machine Linux. | ||
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+ | En tant qu’utilisateur, | ||
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+ | **But it’s understandable that a user might not need all the tools that calibre might offer them, which leads me directly to: | ||
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…the epub reader I would suggest without a second thought to someone who needs a pretty, but functional application that reads ebooks but can’t do too much else. Foliate isn’t as “old” as calibre by any means, but in the short time that the developers have been active, they’ve managed to get quite a bit done. | …the epub reader I would suggest without a second thought to someone who needs a pretty, but functional application that reads ebooks but can’t do too much else. Foliate isn’t as “old” as calibre by any means, but in the short time that the developers have been active, they’ve managed to get quite a bit done. | ||
- | The CSD based UX is modern, and intuitive, with a library view that greets the user once the app is started. | + | The CSD based UX is modern, and intuitive, with a library view that greets the user once the app is started.** |
- | When the user opens a book, the UX gives way to a minimalistic interface that lets the book take centre stage, as it should. | + | Mais on comprend qu’un utilisateur peut ne pas avoir besoin de tous les outils que Calibre lui propose, ce qui m’amène directement à : |
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+ | Foliate | ||
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+ | … le lecteur de epub que je suggérerais sans réserve à quelqu’un qui a besoin d’une application qui est jolie, mais fonctionnelle, | ||
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+ | L’UX (l’expérience utilisateur) basée sur la CSD (Coalition des données partagées) est moderne et intuitive et, dès le démarrage de l’appli, l’utilisateur a une vue de la bibliothèque. | ||
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+ | **When the user opens a book, the UX gives way to a minimalistic interface that lets the book take centre stage, as it should. | ||
The app reader has a bunch of useful features that should aid the reader, including a dictionary and translation tool, bookmark functionality, | The app reader has a bunch of useful features that should aid the reader, including a dictionary and translation tool, bookmark functionality, | ||
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This user recommends that power users use the calibre ebook organiser to catalogue their collections, | This user recommends that power users use the calibre ebook organiser to catalogue their collections, | ||
- | Rated 4 of a possible 5 stars for functionality, | + | Rated 4 of a possible 5 stars for functionality, |
- | From the world of book readers with CSD based UX-es also comes… | + | Quand l’utilisateur ouvre un livre, l’UX devient une interface minimaliste qui permet au livre de jouer le rôle principal, comme il se doit. |
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+ | L’appli du lecteur a un ensemble de caractéristiques qui devrait l' | ||
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+ | Comment l’obtenir ? | ||
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+ | Devriez-vous l’obtenir ? | ||
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+ | Oui, si vous avez besoin d’un lecteur de e-book joli, avec accès à une vue de la bibliothèque et une barre de progrès. | ||
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+ | Je recommande que les utilisateurs avancés utilisent l’organiseur de e-book de Calibre pour cataloguer leurs collections, | ||
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+ | Je lui donne 4 étoiles sur 5 pour sa fonctionnalité et 5/5 pour son raffinement et la conception de son interface utilisateur. | ||
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+ | **From the world of book readers with CSD based UX-es also comes… | ||
Bookworm | Bookworm | ||
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Bookworm (not to be confused with the similarly named software for Windows) is another no-frills, work out-of-the-box epub reader, that is about as feature-full and user friendly as Foliate. It has a library homepage, support for the dark theme, and a dictionary tool. Like most of the other readers on this list, it also supports annotation marks. Unlike the others though, the increasingly popular azw3 format is not supported out-of-the-box (many, many tools exist however, to convert to a more universal format like epub or mobi, which this app handles with aplomb) | Bookworm (not to be confused with the similarly named software for Windows) is another no-frills, work out-of-the-box epub reader, that is about as feature-full and user friendly as Foliate. It has a library homepage, support for the dark theme, and a dictionary tool. Like most of the other readers on this list, it also supports annotation marks. Unlike the others though, the increasingly popular azw3 format is not supported out-of-the-box (many, many tools exist however, to convert to a more universal format like epub or mobi, which this app handles with aplomb) | ||
- | It did suffer from a weird pagination issue, however, during my testing, when two-page reading is enabled in the settings (not turned on by default), the visible part is cropped, and the reader has to scroll down, in addition to navigating horizontally, | + | It did suffer from a weird pagination issue, however, during my testing, when two-page reading is enabled in the settings (not turned on by default), the visible part is cropped, and the reader has to scroll down, in addition to navigating horizontally, |
- | Similarly unpalatable was another setting: the dark theme, which is also not enabled ootb, with good reason. The stock theme offered by the developers is full of a weird, almost navy blue, which I cannot imagine would be easy on the eyes over long periods. It can be very easily modified in the settings, which is one of the first things I did when I used the app. | + | Du monde des lecteurs de e-book avec une UX basée sur CSD, nous vient aussi… |
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+ | Bookworm | ||
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+ | Bookworm (ne pas confondre avec le logiciel éponyme pour Windows) est un autre lecteur d’epub sans fioritures qui fonctionne dès l’installation, | ||
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+ | Pendant mes tests, il a néanmoins souffert d’un problème de pagination bizarre : lorsque la lecture de deux pages à la fois était activée dans les paramètres (elle n’est pas activée par défaut), la partie visible est coupée et le lecteur doit défiler vers le bas, au lieu de naviguer horizontalement, | ||
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+ | **Similarly unpalatable was another setting: the dark theme, which is also not enabled ootb, with good reason. The stock theme offered by the developers is full of a weird, almost navy blue, which I cannot imagine would be easy on the eyes over long periods. It can be very easily modified in the settings, which is one of the first things I did when I used the app. | ||
With some settings changed, this app became really, really intuitive to read on, and I found myself reading a couple short stories from the book I had opened to snap pictures of xD. | With some settings changed, this app became really, really intuitive to read on, and I found myself reading a couple short stories from the book I had opened to snap pictures of xD. | ||
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How can you get it? | How can you get it? | ||
- | Bookworm is available from the repos of most of the major distributions, | + | Bookworm is available from the repos of most of the major distributions, |
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+ | Un autre paramètre, le thème sombre, était aussi indigeste ; | ||
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+ | Une fois quelques paramètres changés, cette appli est devenue extrêmement intuitive pour la lecture et je me suis trouvé en train de lire deux nouvelles d’un livre que j’avais ouvert pour en prendre des photos. | ||
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+ | Toutefois, la pagination était très mal faite et je me suis vu en train de manquer des parties de l’histoire, | ||
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+ | Comment l’obtenir ? | ||
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+ | Bookworm est disponible dans les dépôts de la plupart des distributions majeures, à l’exception notable de Ubuntu (il y a un PPA), MX, antiX et open Mandriva, après que Fedora l’a ajouté dans la version 31. Comme d’habitude, | ||
- | Should you? | + | **Should you? |
I will be honest, I admit a lot of hard work has gone into designing the app, and it’s a contemplative yes from me, if I had to suggest it to people. | I will be honest, I admit a lot of hard work has gone into designing the app, and it’s a contemplative yes from me, if I had to suggest it to people. | ||
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I would rate the app 4.5 on 5 for the interface - a visit to their home page reveals that the app was originally built for elementary OS, but like a lot of apps in the appcentre, the very generous devs have made the app work on 90% of the major distros out there without hassle! - and 3.5 for features and usability. | I would rate the app 4.5 on 5 for the interface - a visit to their home page reveals that the app was originally built for elementary OS, but like a lot of apps in the appcentre, the very generous devs have made the app work on 90% of the major distros out there without hassle! - and 3.5 for features and usability. | ||
- | And how could we speak about the HIG (CSD UX) without mentioning the ebook reader offering from the GNOME devs… | + | And how could we speak about the HIG (CSD UX) without mentioning the ebook reader offering from the GNOME devs…** |
- | Gnome Books | + | Devriez-vous le prendre ? |
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+ | Je serai honnête, car j’avoue que beaucoup de travail a contribué à la conception de l’appli ; | ||
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+ | Je donnerai à l’appli 4,5/5 pour l’interface. Une visite de leur page d’accueil révèle que, à l’origine, | ||
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+ | Et comment pourrions nous parler de la HIG (CSD UX) – l’Interface humaine - sans mentionner le lecteur de e-book proposé par les développeurs de GNOME ? | ||
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+ | **Gnome Books | ||
Gnome-Books, | Gnome-Books, | ||
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How can you get it? | How can you get it? | ||
- | Most major distros carry the gnome-books package in their repos. Flathub also has the app. Snapcraft, unfortunately, | + | Most major distros carry the gnome-books package in their repos. Flathub also has the app. Snapcraft, unfortunately, |
- | Should you get it? | + | Gnome Books |
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+ | Gnome-books, | ||
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+ | L’interface est propre, simple et moderne, ce qui est typique de la plupart des logiciels GNOME qui existent. Et, comme certains de leurs logiciels, c’est assez léger. Agréable à lire aussi, pendant des sessions marathon de lecture, avec le mode sombre disponible comme option. | ||
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+ | L’appli prend en charge aussi le tri des livres dans des collections personnalisées, | ||
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+ | Comment l’obtenir ? | ||
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+ | La plupart des distributions majeures ont le paquet gnome-books dans leurs dépôts. Flathub a l’appli aussi, mais, malheureusement, | ||
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+ | **Should you get it? | ||
Yes, if you want a light ebook manager and reader in one, that is well configured and gets out of the way. This user prefers it as a solid backup for calibre and Foliate, and considers it among the first apps he instals on all his machines. | Yes, if you want a light ebook manager and reader in one, that is well configured and gets out of the way. This user prefers it as a solid backup for calibre and Foliate, and considers it among the first apps he instals on all his machines. | ||
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Disclaimer: this user had to go hunting for relevant epubs from his hard drives (he uses the smallest possible ‘root’ and /home partition setup he can get away with; a holdover from his distro-hopping days), but one Ctrl C; Ctrl V and reboot later, the app was still not picking up his ebooks, so please do contact him if he’s missing sth). | Disclaimer: this user had to go hunting for relevant epubs from his hard drives (he uses the smallest possible ‘root’ and /home partition setup he can get away with; a holdover from his distro-hopping days), but one Ctrl C; Ctrl V and reboot later, the app was still not picking up his ebooks, so please do contact him if he’s missing sth). | ||
- | This user rates gnome-books a very solid 3.5/5 simply because he’s a sucker for the modern, phone-ish GNOME interface ;P (he has got it to work in the past). | + | This user rates gnome-books a very solid 3.5/5 simply because he’s a sucker for the modern, phone-ish GNOME interface ;P (he has got it to work in the past).** |
- | Rounding out this review are the old stalwarts: including FBReader, coolreader3, | + | Devriez-vous l’obtenir ? |
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+ | Oui, si vous voulez un tout-en-un gestionnaire et lecteur de e-book léger, qui est bien configuré et nullement intrusif. Moi, je le préfère comme un remplacement de secours solide pour Calibre et Foliate et je le considère comme l’une des applis que j’installe sur toute mes machines. | ||
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+ | Je donne à gnome-books une très solide 3,5/5 tout simplement parce que je suis un toqué de l’interface moderne de GNOME à la smartphone ;P (j’ai pu le faire fonctionner par le passé). | ||
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+ | **Rounding out this review are the old stalwarts: including FBReader, coolreader3, | ||
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Random reading recommendations | Random reading recommendations | ||
- | This bibliophile recommends using the dark mode (with a blue-light filter; he suggests GNOME’s built-in tool), with white text for best results. He also suggests using the font OpenDyslexic (a fun tip he picked up thanks to Libby (Overdrive) - which his library uses with their online catalogue). The font is clear, bold and crisp, and perfectly suited for those marathon reading sessions. | + | This bibliophile recommends using the dark mode (with a blue-light filter; he suggests GNOME’s built-in tool), with white text for best results. He also suggests using the font OpenDyslexic (a fun tip he picked up thanks to Libby (Overdrive) - which his library uses with their online catalogue). The font is clear, bold and crisp, and perfectly suited for those marathon reading sessions.** |
- | This reader also prefers using a bigger real estate of a laptop screen over a phone, despite the portability disadvantage, | + | Pour terminer cette critique, nous avons les vieux piliers du genre, notamment FBReader, coolreader3, |
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+ | Je n’ai pas inclus Okular, malgré son support rudimentaire des epub, tout simplement parce que je ne l’ai pas utilisé assez souvent pour pouvoir en faire la critique. (haussement d’épaules). | ||
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+ | Des recommandations de lecture au hasard | ||
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+ | En tant que bibliophile, | ||
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+ | **This reader also prefers using a bigger real estate of a laptop screen over a phone, despite the portability disadvantage, | ||
Another small personal note; while this reader did get the LG G8X (with the dual-screen) primarily for reading, he has since regressed to reading on his Linux box after about 6 months or so with the new hardware. The G8X’ dual-screen accessory is amazing to use as an impromptu word-processing engine however, and served as the formatting tool for the majority of this review! (The quite excellent Collabora Office app for Android helped a great deal as well). | Another small personal note; while this reader did get the LG G8X (with the dual-screen) primarily for reading, he has since regressed to reading on his Linux box after about 6 months or so with the new hardware. The G8X’ dual-screen accessory is amazing to use as an impromptu word-processing engine however, and served as the formatting tool for the majority of this review! (The quite excellent Collabora Office app for Android helped a great deal as well). | ||
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P.S: If you have trudged this far, thanks for reading! I do hope this helps in some way. Happy reading! | P.S: If you have trudged this far, thanks for reading! I do hope this helps in some way. Happy reading! | ||
- | P.P.S: Please do ping me if there’s some other things you’d like me to review, re: Linux desktops or reading! | + | P.P.S: Please do ping me if there’s some other things you’d like me to review, re: Linux desktops or reading!** |
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+ | En tant que lecteur, je préfère utiliser un plus grand écran d’ordinateur portable plutôt qu’un téléphone, | ||
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+ | Une autre petite note personnelle : | ||
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+ | P.S. Si vous êtes arrivé ici, merci de m’avoir lu ! J’espère vraiment que cet article vous aidera d’une façon ou d’une autre. Bonne et heureuse lecture ! | ||
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+ | Re-P.S. N’hésitez pas à me le dire s’il y a d’autres choses dont vous voudriez que je fasse la critique à propos des bureaux Linux ou de la lecture ! | ||
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+ | //BIO : **Siddharth is a dentist by day, Linux explorer and bibliophile by night. This is his first time attempting an article of this kind, so he hopes it comes out well. Please email any input to djanakirame.stormbreaker@gmail.com.** | ||
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+ | Siddharth est dentiste le jour et explorateur Linux et bibliophile la nuit. C’est la première fois qu’il essaie d’écrire un article comme celui-ci et il espère qu'il s'en sort bien ! Veuillez envoyer tout commentaire à djanakirame.stormbreaker@gmail.com.// | ||
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