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All kindles can now be jailbroken, thanks to new jailbreak method. (kindlemodding.org)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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WinterBreak is a jailbreak which was released on New Year’s Day 2025 by HackerDude

It is based on Mesquito

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Does it let me put Linux on it?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They come with a Linux based OS pre installed. Jailbreaking allows you to effectively become root and gives you a lot more freedom to change stuff.

    TLDR: yes

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So theoretically I could replace the entire filesystem with a distro of choice?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago*

    Theoretically, yes. But I'm not sure if it's gonna be smooth sailing. You would probably need a custom kernel which supports the kindle hardware. I don't know if there is any project which already packages/distributes the kindle kernel

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