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In case anyone else is searching for whether or not one could reflash with open source firmware and run debian, here's what I found: http://forum.xda-developer

In case anyone else is searching for whether or not one could reflash with open source firmware and run debian, here's what I found: http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-rooted-developers-t3230145 http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgra... Short answer : It is non-trivial.

dd9990 11y ago
Wrong tablet/forum link I think. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire (situation is not much better).
- edent 11y ago
  Real shame there's no root access. I understand what Amazon is doing - but if love to have turned these into some glorified smart displays.
  - bottled_poe 11y ago
    Exactly what I was thinking. Would have loved to use one of these for a monitor on a raspberry pi.