I have an old android tablet that is so slow I can’t really do anything on it. So I turned it into an ebook reader. I just installed moonreader on it and manually add epub files.
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idefix@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I gave up on eReaders after 2 bad experiences with Kindles. I still have the last one I bought but it keeps on rebooting after a couple of minutes and couldn’t find a way to fix it.
I had a look recently and they’re all 180€+ now. Back to real books then.
scytale@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Kobos are pretty nice. They’re not cheap, as you pointed out, but you can get an older or used one for quite a bit cheaper and it’s just as good. They run Linux. It’s almost completely open, and anything that isn’t might as well be. That said you really don’t need to open it up much, just enough to install something like koreader which basically completely replaces the OS on the thing. It does everything I would ever want to use my ereader for … granted that’s pretty much just “read ebooks”.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
No, that’s PocketBook who runs a (old) “naked” Linux. Kobo is AOSP-based; a vendor-ROM without Play Store and thus no “Android” certificate.
Well ok, if you are of the type who calls Android a Linux, Matter of opinion. I do run LineageOS on my Leaf btw.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s my “opinion” that a device running a slightly modified Linux 2.6 kernel is literally running Linux, yes. Maybe you’re making the point that it’s not a full GNU/Linux distribution that people imagine when they hear Linux, and that’s a valid and valuable clarification which I thank you for providing, but don’t imply I’m wrong because of it.
bobslaede@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
My kobo Libra 2 does not run aosp.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They play both sides?