e-ink – Paolo Redaelli https://monodes.com/predaelli A civil engineer with a longlife fondness for Software Libero Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:51:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 91795679 Where are you made? https://monodes.com/predaelli/2023/08/13/where-are-you-made/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2023/08/13/where-are-you-made/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:51:43 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=10695 Dear remarkable.com, where are your e-ink tablet made?

I gladly read on Wikipedia that you have a appreciable attitude toward free-as-in-freedom software. People from Pine are more friendly to “GNU/Linux users” with their PineNote, but I’d rather chose your. So where do you produce your tables?

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NickelMenu for your Kobo https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/07/27/nickelmenu-for-your-kobo/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/07/27/nickelmenu-for-your-kobo/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 20:15:20 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=9517 NickelMenu is not a replacement for the “closed” environment of Kobo but it is a step in the right direction…

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e-ink book readers https://monodes.com/predaelli/2020/02/23/e-ink-book-readers/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2020/02/23/e-ink-book-readers/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:13:43 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=6686

As a society, we need an open source device for reading. Books are among the most important documents of our culture, yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading — the Kobo, the Nook, the Kindle and even the iPad — are closed devices, operating as small moving parts in a set of giant closed platforms whose owners’ interests are not always aligned with readers’.

From “The Open Book Project” on GitHub

Joeycastillo‘s aims are more than good. It is a step in the right direction. Sadly, the e-ink screen currently available for such “built-it-yourself” hardware is not comparable with those of Kobo, Nook or Kindle. It’s way too small, and its resolution are too coarse.

I would rather prefer a “free-as-in-freedom” ROM for my Kobo. Luckily it seems that there are several custom firmware for Kobo, according to DuckDuckGo. You can even turn your Kobo into a Debian Linux Tablet. Here’s some random links about it:

The one I liked more is okreader. Its README says:

Free/libre software stack for Kobo ebook readers. No proprietary software (except WiFi and EPD controller firmware), no spyware and no DRM. Based on koreader and Debian.

I now have an official excuse to get me another Kobo: I can’t mess up those of my daughter, she will need it this summer!

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