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Looking for an ebook reader (hardware) which doesn't hold a proprietary OS (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wanna buy an ebook reader but i don't want any amazon or other companies shit in there, just something i can connect to my pc, pass ebooks in different formats into it and read.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 on this. Kobos actually use Linux under the hood. And although the default UI is proprietary, it's super easy to install KOReader.
You don't even need to hack into it some custom firmware, just a sideloader, which normally doesn't break even if you actually updated the base firmware.
Here the official tutorial on how to do it: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Installation-on-Kobo-devices

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AFAIK every single ebook reader on the market actually runs Linux under the hood!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

in parts of europe you can get some kobos branded as "tolino" - they have the same hardware, but actually run on android