Getting Started--Former Kindle User ideas/suggestions

[markbnj]

OK:
Love the program, it's replacing the Kindle app on at least 4 devices.

Here's my question/problem:
so far, I am struggling to find the best settings to replicate the general kindle settings
(I did find [after 3 days] the Justified setting.)

Can anyone give a good list of what settings need to be changed, to provide my better half with an 'out of the box' Freda solution?

I would also recommend (and will eventually document [ for an faq/program change] what settings should be changed, and  what a  new preset could be created to mimic the default kindle settings (justified, black on white, font size, font style, etc)

Having a 'suggested Kindle preset' would be helpful to new users. 
--> the program is SO,so powerful and versatile that it's initially overwhelming.

BTW, Kudos on the OneDrive, as well as the Calibre interfaces.

Another Suggested update:
in Calibre configuration:

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The following was all done in the Calibre configuration menus:

After testing and verifying the calibre configuration worked as suggested:

• I changed the port from 8080 to 3005 (as close to BOOK) as I could get.  (makes it harder to hack your calibre server)
  
• I also verified port :3005 was not on the pre-defined ports list.
  
• I also created two different id's  WITH passwords, that we personally use
  
•      One for regular usage (without write permissions) called regular-user (change to what you want to call it here) [example user1 or mark]
  
•      A second id with write permissions, (NOT called admin or Superuser), but  [example: user1-admin or mark-admin] if I wanted/needed to change my calibre library.
  

These small steps would increase the security of the Calibre/Freda interface, making the system more secure. 

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Hope this is helpful,  the program is great, and full of potential!
Mark B

[jim_chapman]

Thank you Mark,  those are helpful suggestions.  I don't personally have that much experience with Kindle so I'm not myself going to suggest what app settings would make Freda seem more like a Kindle - but if you (or anyone else) want to suggest some settings I'm fine with idea of adding them to a new 'Kindle-like' preset, included in the install package.

As for your thoughts on Calibre integration, I agree it's a good idea to set up a non-admin user for regular browsing activities, rather than using an admin user for everything you do.  That probably belongs in the Calibre user guide/FAQ, because it's not specifically about Freda.  As for the choice of ports though, I am not sure it makes much difference.  If someone on the same private network as you is wanting to find your Calibre server's port number, they can just use a port scanner to find it.  And if they're coming in from the public internet (or your network DMZ) you'll be relying on your NAS gateway service to redirect external web-traffic to your Calibre server's local port number anyway; any particular local port number will be as secure as any other (and your choice of external port numbers will be restricted, according to the policy of your ISP).

If you're really aiming to create a secure, locked-down calibre server, in an environment where you don't trust everyone on your local network, I'd suggest reviewing Kovid's documentation at https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/server.html - the essential point is to make sure that you're using HTTPS to access the server, and you've got a properly configured SSL certificate installed.  You should not rely on HTTP plus digest authentication.  Of course you might take the view that this is too much time and effort, unless your book collection is very sensitive information for some reason :-)