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Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader

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What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader

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Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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When it comes to an eBook reader, the choices are limited. The market is dominated by Amazon’s proprietary Kindle along with a few other options like Kobo, Nook and Onyx. An interesting news for open source enthusiasts is that a developer, Joey Castillo, is working on creating an open
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    What kindle? I’d guess the one that doesn’t require a soldering iron to build…

    I would love to have an alternative for kindle, but this is not it; not yet at least

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      I currently use Onyx Poke 5, which use Android so I can just side load application that I need

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        Poke 3 here, I prefer to install from play store

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      Yeah, maybe bottom shelf kindle.

      I’ve had an Oasis for a few years and it shits all over competition at the time I got it.

      I just upload my own books to it.

      Still this is a neat option for tinkerers.

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      I have a second hand Kobo that works fine without an account or an internet connection. I just load up .mobi files I get from Anna’s or Z-lib.

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    I’m waiting for the PineNote to be out of the development edition so I can get one. I do have an older kindle that I jailbroke a while ago and disabled OTA on. It still sucks, but it is better with KOreader.

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      Bringing things out of “early access for developers and enthusiasts only” isn’t something Pine64 does. They’ve got a laptop, phone, watch, tablet, ereader, and probably shit I’ve missed, none are ready for prime time and never will be.

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        Hey, it is free to wish/dream. lol

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      reMarkable is also a good device, very light and you can enable SSH/root access with a simple toggle on settings. There are also entire repositories of software for it https://toltec-dev.org/ https://github.com/Evidlo/remarkable_entware

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      Oooo I’ll keep an eye on that one!

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    Upgraded my Kobo Clara HD internal storage from 8GB to 128GB, so that I can put mangas on it, and installed koreader. Dirt cheap and very enjoyable.

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