Foliate 2.2.0, one more update for this eBook reader

In the next article we are going to take a look at Foliate 2.2.0. The ebook reader Foliate has been updated adding support for more book formats, including comic archives. It also now offers a new library view, in which we can discover free e-books.

The Foliate project is a free and open source GTK ebook reader for Gnu / Linux. This book reader will allow users to view e-book files using multiple layouts: single column, two columns, or continuous scrolling.

Additionally, this version features a reading progress slider with title marks, bookmarks, annotations, leading, brightness, custom themes, keyboard shortcuts, and touchpad gestures. It also offers the ability to open footnotes and look up words using Wiktionary or Wikipedia.

General characteristics of Foliate 2.2.0

• Previously the app only supported EPUB e-book formats (.epub, .epub3), Kindle (.azw, .azw3) and Mobipocket (. Mobi). Foliate 2.2.0 adds in addition to the above, support for new book formats, including FictionBook (.fb2, .fb2.zip), comics archive (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cb7) and plain text (.txt).
• This version also offers us a library view where we can find recent books and the progress of our readings. In addition, it is also possible to search for books by metadata in the library.
• The library view comes with another important feature, which is the ability to discover e-books. This is done using OPDS (Open Publication Distribution System), a syndication format for electronic publications based on Atom and HTTP. Now we can browse and download free e-books using this new feature.

• The app can now use Tracker to track file locations.
• The program now uses libhandy to improve user experience on small screens.
• The 'Automatic' design in this version will show us four columns when page width allows.
• In this update, the pictures viewer improved with new shortcuts and the ability to rotate and invert images. We will also find available option to disable the image viewer, or to open images with double click or right click.
• We will find the option to set the maximum page width.

• It will also allow us search in annotations.
• The user interface of text-to-speech settings it is improved in this update.
• We can import JSON annotations. Annotations are now sorted in the same order that they appear in the book.
• 'Allow insecure content' now only enables JavaScript, external content will no longer load. Which is an important security solution.

• WebKit processes are now protected.
• Support for upright and right-to-left books is improved. In addition, support for StarDict dictionaries is added.
• Fixed the auto-hide header bar below some topics.

Install Foliate 2.2.0

Ubuntu users will be able to install this version of Foliate in different ways. The latest Foliate can be install from flat hub in a simple way, and you can also install as a package Snap. To do the latter, you just have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and write the command in it:

sudo snap install foliate

While the application is available in the repository of the projectAs I write these lines, it has not yet been updated to this latest version.

We can also find a Foliate 2.2 .DEB package available for download at the releases page of the project. To proceed with the installation, all you have to do is open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and download the package using wget as follows:

wget https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/releases/download/2.2.0/com.github.johnfactotum.foliate_2.2.0_all.deb

Once the download is finished, there is only use dpkg to install the program:

sudo dpkg -i com.github.johnfactotum.foliate_2.2.0_all.deb

At the end of the installation, we can now search for the launcher in our system to start the program:

For more information about this version and its installation, you can consult the project website or on GitHub page.