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by derengel 4296 days ago
Terrible bad, is an abomination compared to reading a PDF version on windows/osx.

I don't know if is the fault of the format(mobi) or they are really bad at formatting technical books.
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0x38B 4296 days ago
As far as reading PDFs on Windows goes: evince (default on Ubuntu, I think) works really well - it's fast, remembers my position in various PDFs, and in general works really well.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

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allegory 4296 days ago
A million times this. In fact, even as a windows user, preview on OS X is the best PDF reader there is.

I'm note sure it's the format over the technology to start with as it's quite complicated to lay out technical material effectively so it requires some human intervention to a standard which doesn't make you want to poke your eyes out. PDF is just paper on a screen which takes the layout engine and automation out the back and shoots it.

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