For Linux users who want to remove DRMs from ebooks they've legally purchased, so as to read them on the ebook reader they've also legally purchased for their intended purpose: I've updated my setup to replace using #AdobeDigitalEditions through wine with the simple and marvelous libgourou library.

Details here:

https://amrhaps.net/english/post/2025/07/13/Adobe-Digital-Editions%2C-Linux%2C-and-DRMs%3A-Updated-again

With thanks to @mart1oeil who told me years ago this should be possible 🙂

#epub #drm

Adobe Digital Editions, Linux, and DRMs: Updated again - American Rhapsody

The most popular posts on that blog are, by far, those in which I gave detailed instruction on how to remove DRMs from Adobe Digital Editions Books, the first one in 2011 and the

@krazykitty @1HommeAzerty @mart1oeil Few years ago, Calibre+magic plugin was enough and simple.
Does it not work now ?
@parigotmanchot @1HommeAzerty @mart1oeil I wouldn't know, I've never tried. I could not find this plugin with a cursory search, do you have more details?
@krazykitty @1HommeAzerty @mart1oeil Found this : https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools with 2 plugins in the zip file.
GitHub - noDRM/DeDRM_tools: DeDRM tools for ebooks

DeDRM tools for ebooks. Contribute to noDRM/DeDRM_tools development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

@parigotmanchot @1HommeAzerty @mart1oeil Yes, that's a fork of the DeDRM plugin that works well for me and that I mention in my setup.

As far as I know, it only removes DRMs from books (e.g. epub files); getting an epub file from the acsm one gets when purchasing books requires either AdobeDigitalEditions (on wine if you don't have Windows) or the libgourou plugin.

@krazykitty @mart1oeil ❤️❤️❤️ i can finally read my eBooks without the detour of my husbands Windows computer. That Is so great!

@krazykitty @mart1oeil Thank you! That's amazing!

I had to add a make install (still with the PREFIX) after the make. Everything else was perfect.

@krazykitty @mart1oeil Thanks for sharing. I've been using Calibre + DeDRM on Linux (Fedora) for a year now. Works great. My ereader supports DTM but I'd like to keep a backup without DRM that depends on an Adobe service to be reachable. Quite impressive that they managed to monopolize all of DRM ebooks.
Link to guide: https://linuxconfig.org/calibre-drm-removal-for-ebooks-on-linux
Calibre DRM Removal for Ebooks on Linux

Learn how to remove ebook DRM on Linux using Calibre. Install Calibre and its plugin to manage and convert your ebook library easily.

LinuxConfig
@royalrex @mart1oeil thanks, that's more or less my setup, with added steps (previously with Adobe Digital Editions on wine, now with libgourou) to first obtain the epub from the acsm link I obtain when I purchase a book with ADE DRMs.