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Props for the hacking aspect and reuse of a locked device. If you just wanted to mess with "an" eink device, a Kobo is much easier since it's already just a Li
by adhesive_wombat 4y ago
Props for the hacking aspect and reuse of a locked device.
If you just wanted to mess with "an" eink device, a Kobo is much easier since it's already just a Linux device and can easily be accessed without hacks.
On at least some models, you can also swap the SD card and start a whole fresh system, so no matter what you're up to, you can keep your ereader too.
And even easier: koreader ships with SSH, all you have to do is install that for wireless console access without changing the SD card.
- zozbot234 4y agoYou might want to consider Pine64's PineNote, which is being developed as a Linux-ready, hackable device. However, development seems to be in its earliest stages: even booting Linux is a serious challenge, and recovering from softbricks is unusually difficult https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote For most people, a Kobo will almost certainly be more straightforward.
- flatiron 4y agoI have a kindle pw2 and KOReader has breathed new life into it. Highly recommended.
- Fiahil 4y agoThe remarkable also can be accessed through ssh, without any hack !
- delecti 4y agoKindles are Linux devices too, or at least they were through the end of 2017 when I left a team that worked on them. It seems likely they still are. You could SSH into them over USB if you had the root password, and even internally we used public hacker tools to get those passwords. I'm not positive this is the same one, but it looks familiar. https://www.sven.de/kindle/ https://www.sven.de/kindle/
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoRight but what I meant is you don't really need any hacks to get into a Kobo, you just plug it in, install SSH and away you go. Kindles seem quite a bit more adversarial. Many phones are fundamentally Linux devices too, but can't really be properly accessed without hacks unless the manufacturer allows you to.
- stavros 4y agoCan you access the display for the Kobo? What sort of things can you do with it? I'm tempted to get a Kobo reader next, if it's hackable.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoNo idea, but I assume you can just get into whatever driver interfaces the userspace Kobo software (IIRC, it's QT-based) is using. I can poke at the command line if you want to get some idea of what's there, let me know. Certainly Koreader has no issues displaying what it wants to (and it does at least some level of e-ink-friendly regional updates).
- stavros 4y agoOh, and Koreader even runs on Kindle, very interesting! Thank you. I'll see if I can get that on my Kindle first, thanks again!
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoThe PC emulator is worth a go too if you get into Koreader itself. Very handy for shortening the OODA loop over downloading to a target device. And the IRC channel is also useful. Happy hacking!
- stavros 4y agoOh fantastic, I didn't know that! This is really exciting, thank you.