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Might as well be the opposite. :) I added full FOSS support to Linux kernel for one of the PocketBook e-book readers, including a custom driver for the e-ink di
by megous 6y ago
Might as well be the opposite. :) I added full FOSS support to Linux kernel for one of the PocketBook e-book readers, including a custom driver for the e-ink display. Gave away all the reverse engineered information about the reader for free. After a year, community size is 0.
For this person, having a paywall might even work better psychologically, to get some interested people hooked.
The biggest friction as always, is actually creating something useful in userspace, writing apps, etc. That's waaay more than $20.
- davisr 6y agoHello, I'm "this person." :) Parabola-rM already has a few users. I think charging for the convenience of pre-built images, and offering support/gratis updates for some time, helps people be comfortable with playing "in the deep-end" so-to-speak. That, along with high-quality documentation and a plain, no-bullshit way of being.
- solarkraft 6y agoThat sounds amazing! Which one is it? Do you have a link? I'd really like to experiment with all the new mobile Linux software on an e-reader. I can't guarantee anything, but the community may just grow a little :-) Would you mind sharing some details about how you implemented the driver? I happen to have an ED097OC1 (possibly excess stock from the Kindle DX) on my hands and would like to drive it from a Linux system.
- megous 6y agoIt's http://linux-sunxi.org/PocketBook_Touch_Lux_3 http://linux-sunxi.org/PocketBook_Touch_Lux_3