I have to admit I was soured on the development when I read the how security issues were handled:
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LWN did an analysis of the bug and response [1]. This issue aside, what I don't like about Calibre is it trying to be a library and device management solution, with a small amount of conversion on the side, while all I am interested in is the conversion. (I use a dropbox folder for library management.) The device management is what led to the suid security holes in the first place.
I think it is rather unfair to criticise Calibre for being a one stop shop for all things ebook. For none technical people who I would assume are the majority of people reading books this is exactly what they need. Trying to get them to use different applications for different aspects of ebook library management will be a nightmare for whoever is trying to help them out into the world of ebooks.
Agreed. I only want a tool that will convert from one format to another.
My books are organized beneath ~/Books/ by author, series, and title. I don't need them "managed", I just want to be able to convert them, and once done I can copy them to the device via /bin/cp, etc.
I'm using the command-line tools from calibre and they work, but the GUI itself is redundant for me.
Agree. Calibre is best known as a ebook converter. Most of non-tech savvy the people I know, talk about Calibre that way.