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Is there any eReader with a terminal?

• robin_reala 4y ago
  You’re looking for the Onyx Boox range of Android-based e-readers. The big problem with them is that Onyx has a difficult (read “illegal”) relationship with the GPL.
  • the_biot 4y ago
    Yikes, didn't know Onyx was that bad about their GPL requirements. Even worse, judging by [0] they're just hiding behind a wall of silence when asked awkward questions about it. I'm gonna go ahead and guess their customer support follows the same pattern. [0] http://bbs.onyx-international.com/t/install-linux-or-alternate-os-and-gpl2-kernel-source/698 http://bbs.onyx-international.com/t/install-linux-or-alterna...
• 1MachineElf 4y ago
  It sounds to me like Pine64's PineNote is what you are looking for, although it's software UI is still a WIP. https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/ https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/
  • squarefoot 4y ago
    Last late June update brought some good news though. https://www.pine64.org/2022/06/28/june-update-who-likes-risc-v/ https://www.pine64.org/2022/06/28/june-update-who-likes-risc... I'm also monitoring its development in the hope it gets to a stable state. A 13" version would probably be welcome in some circles: a 10" screen seems enormous until one opens a technical book in which each page is arranged like 3 columns of text plus schematics and graphs.
• Eeems 4y ago
  I would expect that a reMarkable does actually fit the billing for you here. You have root access[0], and there is a mainline kernel build available[1]. There are several terminal emulators available as well[2][3]. If you don't like the built in reader, there are alternatives as well[4]. 0. https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/ssh https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/ssh 1. https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-kernel https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-kernel 2. https://github.com/timower/rM2-stuff/tree/master/apps/yaft https://github.com/timower/rM2-stuff/tree/master/apps/yaft 3. https://github.com/dixonary/fingerterm-reMarkable https://github.com/dixonary/fingerterm-reMarkable 4. https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-readers https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-readers
• diffeomorphism 4y ago
  Kobo devices seem a good fit: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=247 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=247 A bit underpowered maybe.
• solardev 4y ago
  Android on e-ink would be a terrible experience -- it's not made for the slow redraws of e-ink. And it's also a lot of bloat to add to these embedded readers with low-powered CPUs. The remarkable already uses Linux, just not Android. It has a custom Linux OS called "Codex". But you can still get a shell on it (ssh or on-device). See https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/apps https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/apps or Eeems's more thorough comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32119648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32119648 You can also jailbreak some Kindles/some firmwares and get a shell: https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/hackers-release-jailbreak-for-kindle-e-reader https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/hackers-release-jailbrea...
  • aluminaient 4y ago
    Android on eink is wonderful. Can even comfortably watch videos (in color if you like). Ive been using hisense a5 for years. Its the future.
• tristanc 4y ago
  For what it’s worth I followed this [1] tutorial about a month ago to jailbreak my 5th gen kindle paperwhite and was able to get a root shell and install and run python3. There is also a reader app which is much, much nicer (imo) than the native interface. [1] https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346037 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346037
• toast0 4y ago
  I think there's a way to get a terminal on a Kindle Keyboard... Although they're pretty old and PDF reading is somewhere between bad and mixed.
• desindol 4y ago
  You can install a terminal on almost any boox readers/tablets.
• krobelus 4y ago
  How about an external e-ink screen for your laptop? I do almost all my programming on a Dasung Paperlike.