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Kobo seems to work readily offline simply out of box. Plug in usb-c to upload books?

by itscrush 3y ago

thaumasiotes 3y ago
A kindle will do the same thing. Everything is privacy-respecting if there's no internet connection.
- bippihippi1 3y ago
  kindles have cellular modems
  - dugite-code 3y ago
    Not all of them and they are surprisingly easy to remove. At least the old ones are: https://peekread.info/tech/20210120-removing-3g-modem-from-a-kindle-paperwhite-2/ https://peekread.info/tech/20210120-removing-3g-modem-from-a...
  - cricalix 3y ago
    They've stopped making Kindles with modems. Latest gen ones are WiFi only. Of course, the hardware might still be in there, just not available for book purchasing.
TheFreim 3y ago
I really enjoy my Kobo Libra H2O with KOReader installed.
maurits 3y ago
My new Kobo refused to start out of the box, without making an account. Very disappointing.
- BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
  I created an account, but then installed KOreader on my Libra 2 and just read books through that. It's FOSS, more customizable, and supports OPDS feeds which can do pretty neat things like finding articles from HN[0]. [0] https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/news2reader https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/news2reader
  - sotix 3y ago
    I read that KOreader is unstable on the Libra 2[0], so I haven’t installed it yet even though I would like to. What has been your experience running it? [0] https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/8414 https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/8414
    - BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
      It's been perfectly stable for me since I got the device a few months ago, but I also don't read for hours at a time like the other commenter. It's possible that it leaks memory after viewing several hundred pages or something like that.
    - beej71 3y ago
      I had it installed for a while, and there were fairly frequent crashes (i.e. about once every 8 hours of reading) requiring a reboot. But it was _almost_ worth it. It's a really great reader, especially for reading PDFs. After some software update about 6 months ago it got halfway uninstalled somehow and I did a factory reset and haven't reinstalled it yet. I recall reading that it's not on KOreader's side, and they can'tfix. :(
beej71 3y ago
Can confirm you need to log into your Kobo account to get it going.

Kobo seems to work readily offline simply out of box. Plug in usb-c to upload books?

thaumasiotes 3y ago

A kindle will do the same thing. Everything is privacy-respecting if there's no internet connection.

bippihippi1 3y ago
kindles have cellular modems
- dugite-code 3y ago
  Not all of them and they are surprisingly easy to remove. At least the old ones are: https://peekread.info/tech/20210120-removing-3g-modem-from-a-kindle-paperwhite-2/ https://peekread.info/tech/20210120-removing-3g-modem-from-a...
- cricalix 3y ago
  They've stopped making Kindles with modems. Latest gen ones are WiFi only. Of course, the hardware might still be in there, just not available for book purchasing.

TheFreim 3y ago

I really enjoy my Kobo Libra H2O with KOReader installed.

maurits 3y ago

My new Kobo refused to start out of the box, without making an account. Very disappointing.

BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
I created an account, but then installed KOreader on my Libra 2 and just read books through that. It's FOSS, more customizable, and supports OPDS feeds which can do pretty neat things like finding articles from HN[0]. [0] https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/news2reader https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/news2reader
- sotix 3y ago
  I read that KOreader is unstable on the Libra 2[0], so I haven’t installed it yet even though I would like to. What has been your experience running it? [0] https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/8414 https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/8414
  - BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
    It's been perfectly stable for me since I got the device a few months ago, but I also don't read for hours at a time like the other commenter. It's possible that it leaks memory after viewing several hundred pages or something like that.
  - beej71 3y ago
    I had it installed for a while, and there were fairly frequent crashes (i.e. about once every 8 hours of reading) requiring a reboot. But it was _almost_ worth it. It's a really great reader, especially for reading PDFs. After some software update about 6 months ago it got halfway uninstalled somehow and I did a factory reset and haven't reinstalled it yet. I recall reading that it's not on KOreader's side, and they can'tfix. :(

beej71 3y ago

Can confirm you need to log into your Kobo account to get it going.