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5y ago
It's an eInk screen, so yes-ish. We get around this by just piggybacking on the build in application's screen display routines[0] https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
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5y ago
I know I reacted hard to this statement: > Going further down the rabbit hole, the toltec GitHub page mentions that it works on top of the Entware distribution, and recommends what is basically “wget | bash”. I’m not a fan of this. Could
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5y ago
Pretty sure they still do for some software they sell ;)
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6y ago
User friendly encryption is being worked on: https://github.com/toltec-dev/toltec/pull/318
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6y ago
You might be interested to see some more OSS that can be deployed on it: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable https://toltec-dev.org/
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6y ago
Not locked at all[1]. The rM2 is not quite as known as the rM1, but it seems to still be just as open if you have the right hardware to tell it to get into recovery mode[2] [1] https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable-uuuflas
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6y ago
Wacom touchscreen or pen input? I don't know of any eReaders that have pen input. Also, are these devices properly GPL compliant?
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6y ago
You already have root access to the reMarkable devices. Plus they are GPL compliant, so you have access to source for most of the software.
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6y ago
What do you mean by this? Are you asking what bootloader it uses?
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6y ago
Knowing a bit of his personal history I can kind of understand why he acts the way he does, and has the opinions he does. Doesn't excuse some of it, but at least I kinda get why. I just wish his name would stop coming up for me tied to
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6y ago
Yup, been throwing this link throughout the thread as well.
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6y ago
It is, but we are still working on sorting out the screen. You can follow progress here: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
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6y ago
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/6792 If you'd like to follow the progress.
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6y ago
To follow up on the other comments about changing the suspend image: https://remarkablewiki.com/tips/splashscreens
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6y ago
Well the reMarkable isn't an eBook reader. That is something it can do, but it's more aimed at note taking. You also have root access out of box, which is not something that eBook readers give you.
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6y ago
It's not official, but you could always use https://www.npmjs.com/package/remarkable-typescript or write your own thing to work against https://github.com/splitbrain/ReMarkableAPI/wiki
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6y ago
Anything that uses the screen on the reMarkable will not work on the rM2 yet. https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer is being worked on to address that.
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6y ago
It's being worked on https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/6792
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6y ago
There should be a video available soon that you can follow along with soon. I'll make sure this comment is replied to with a link when it's up.
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6y ago
They just recently released their toolchain for the reMarkable 2 https://github.com/reMarkable/linux/issues/7 The toolchain for the rM1 has been out for a long time. Since it's just a linux device, there