DietPi VS openbooks

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.

The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi

That's a good point, but the array of devices supported by the DietPi team is extensive: https://dietpi.com/

Before someone starts the usual yadda yadda about the RPi biger community, the OS not having long time support etc. I would repeat one more time: do not rely on board vendor supplied images; this is valid for pretty much all boards. Just go to Armbian or DietPi pages and you'll almost certainly find one or more images that work on your board and forums to discuss about them with very knowledgeable people.

https://www.armbian.com/download/

https://dietpi.com/#download

Those projects are well worth a contribution, as they don't have a giant like Broadcom behind them.

> bananapi do a lot of boards but their software story has been a bit poor

This is quite common with other board manufacturers too. I'd rather suggest to ignore completely their cobbled together distros, often also tainted by proprietary modifications, that become unmaintained in a few years, and see if they're among the many supported by Armbian or DietPi.

https://www.armbian.com/download/

https://dietpi.com/#download

The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_25/

RPi OS = diet pi https://dietpi.com/ - initial config via text file - SDcard burning out partially mitigated as writes log files to ram then flushes to SDcard reducing write cycles

You could also try very minimalistic distros like TwisterUI or DietPi which are most known for their use in the RasprebbyPi / SBC computers but which also have editions for desktop / laptop.

There are already some very good ebooks solutions out there so there's really no need. Calibre for the backend and database management, Calibre-Web for the front end, and Openbooks for content.

OpenBooks link

OpenBooks - Download books from IRC Highway

I’ve got a feeling this if the wrong sub for this kind of request. However, in the mood of selfhosted, here is an app you can host to help you find books you might want.

I love openbooks by evan-buss. I want a version of that for audio books or at least a way to turn those PDF book into audio book with an actual human voice not the robot voice. Does anyone know if there is anything out there like that?

Some things don't have user controls or auth built in that I do share and for that I use cloudflare (openbooks is one such example).

OpenBooks https://github.com/evan-buss/openbooks That's the one I use for individual books. Easy to use.

There are also things like the IRC Highway that allow you to search for books and download them using IRC (https://github.com/evan-buss/openbooks is a friendly UI for using this). You can also check subreddits like r/opendirectories which might have books in PDF format etc.