thoughts on ereaders/kindles? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by darcy@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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im thinking of getting an ereader, but cant find many foss devices. i dont plan on connecting it to the internet, so i suppose it doesnt matter if its controlled by amazon right? love to hear your thoughts...

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[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

That table doesn't contain any info on FOSS compatibility.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 months ago

You can hack pretty much any e-reader and upload a foss OS

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Really? I've only managed to find a way to hack kobo readers.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago

Google it, but if you've got ebooks on a hard drive somewhere, you can easily transfer them to a kindle, no further purchases required.

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Sideloading ebooks is not the same thing as running alternative FOSS software on a device.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 months ago

Where there's a will, there's a way. I don't have the will to find out how to upload an alt OS to a kindle, but the Internet is vast and if ye seek, ye shall find.

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

I did look into it and I've yet to find a way to do this.

The FOSS community is not limitless and while some community might develop a way in the future, it most definetly is not trivial to do, just by googling. This is a niche topic and AFAIK quite hard to do (first getting custom firmware to run and then develop a FOSS OS for it... While probably not being paid to do so).

Your comments seem quite condescending. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt but I'd kindly advice you to adjust your tone a bit.