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I'm guessing because it has extensive support for connecting and communicating to eBook readers like Kindle and the likes.

• enriquto 6y ago
  What a time to be alive. I remember installing calibre once, because I needed to open an .epub file I had. Upon opening it, it started to "classify" stuff and build a sort of catalog, to which I kill -9'd it immediately and uninstalled it for good measure. But mounting filesystems is way, way worse than anything I imagined it was about to do!
  • powersnail 6y ago
    While the filesystem issue showed stubbornness, the fact that it tried to build a catalog is perfectly reasonable, given it is an ebook management software, which happens to include an epub reader. You really can't blame a program to do what it says to do.
    • enriquto 6y ago
      I don't blame the program, I blame myself for installing a management software when all I wanted was an ebook viewer (and definitely NOT a management software of any kind).
      • antientropic 6y ago
        FYI: Calibre contains a program appropriately named "ebook-viewer" that allows you to view a file (like an epub) without all the library management stuff.
• toyg 6y ago
  Yes, precisely. It’s actually very useful, since it can rearrange files on kindles etc.