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This looks so nice, and I've been desperate for years for a great, fast-refreshing e-ink device and/or monitor, but the closed ecosystem is so disappointing. Th

by nathcd 6y ago

This looks so nice, and I've been desperate for years for a great, fast-refreshing e-ink device and/or monitor, but the closed ecosystem is so disappointing. Their 'avoid distractions' marketing is fine and good, but locking down the device makes it a non-starter for me. At the very least I'd need a feed reader I can use (without some workaround where I send stuff through the "remarkable cloud"). Am I reading things correctly that the only external interface to the device is through their cloud tool?

throwaway894345 6y ago
The top comment suggests the device is open: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24295820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24295820
- nathcd 6y ago
  Oh nice, very glad to be wrong! I'll have to do some closer reading.
  - Groxx 6y ago
    There's a fairly healthy dev community around it too fwiw, e.g. a bunch of linked projects here: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable e-reader app ports, screen mirroring, full OS replacements, etc. It's a relatively niche device so of course there are significant gaps in what's available, but it's active and the depth is fairly impressive.
justincormack 6y ago
Yes you can log in and run code. There is a proprietary driver for the fast screen refresh but everything else is open.
- amelius 6y ago
  But is it open by design, or by coincidence?
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  - yuchi 6y ago
    Absolutely by design. The founder is a prominent Linux community member.
Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
>This looks so nice, and I've been desperate for years for a great, fast-refreshing e-ink device and/or monitor, Unfortunately, the e-ink monitor space has still just two major players - Dasung/Onyx and there is a need gap for 'Affordable E-Ink large external displays'[1]. I hope that these newer e-Ink tablet/reader makers graduate soon to make large external monitors, but then again I've been hoping that for past several years. [1]https://needgap.com/problems/43-affordable-e-ink-large-external-displays-eink-displays https://needgap.com/problems/43-affordable-e-ink-large-exter...

by nathcd 6y ago

throwaway894345 6y ago

The top comment suggests the device is open: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24295820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24295820

nathcd 6y ago
Oh nice, very glad to be wrong! I'll have to do some closer reading.
- Groxx 6y ago
  There's a fairly healthy dev community around it too fwiw, e.g. a bunch of linked projects here: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable e-reader app ports, screen mirroring, full OS replacements, etc. It's a relatively niche device so of course there are significant gaps in what's available, but it's active and the depth is fairly impressive.

justincormack 6y ago

Yes you can log in and run code. There is a proprietary driver for the fast screen refresh but everything else is open.

amelius 6y ago
But is it open by design, or by coincidence?
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- yuchi 6y ago
  Absolutely by design. The founder is a prominent Linux community member.

Abishek_Muthian 6y ago

>This looks so nice, and I've been desperate for years for a great, fast-refreshing e-ink device and/or monitor, Unfortunately, the e-ink monitor space has still just two major players - Dasung/Onyx and there is a need gap for 'Affordable E-Ink large external displays'[1]. I hope that these newer e-Ink tablet/reader makers graduate soon to make large external monitors, but then again I've been hoping that for past several years. [1]https://needgap.com/problems/43-affordable-e-ink-large-external-displays-eink-displays https://needgap.com/problems/43-affordable-e-ink-large-exter...