Comment on Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150
politicalcustard@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I can’t wait to get a (regular) Kobo, my Kindle Paperwhite is still going strong and it’s 10 years old, but I really want a Kobo because it’s opensource. Amazon’s OS is dreadful, mine’s been in airplane mode for most of those 10 years and I just use a usb cable with it. I hope it dies soon so I will have a good excuse to replace it.
unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Kobo is open source? I don’t think so.
targetx@programming.dev 2 months ago
It’s not open source but it is easily rooted and you can install custom add-ons or even replace the os.
Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
It happily uses epub and not proprietary formats.
The only downside to my Kobo is Amazon’s walled garden exclusive books being unavailable.
nick@midwest.social 2 months ago
I finally figured out calibre and dedrm. Spent a weekend downloading each Amazon ebook purchase, one by one, and stripping out the drm. Now I have 500 sone epubs in my library that I can use some books or a kobo to read.
Damage@feddit.it 2 months ago
Honestly I never felt the need to modify my Kobo Aura, it just works, I load books by connecting it to my laptop, and that’s it.
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Scrof@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Reading from a tablet, phone or a laptop is pure savagery! Ebook is a must have if you’re any kind of prolific book reader.
wagoner@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Replace the os with what?
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 months ago
I heard they are quite locked down? Onyx is easy rooted.
targetx@programming.dev 2 months ago
There is NickelMenu and you can telnet into it. You can also install other OS like KOReader easily, it doesn’t have a locked bootloader or anything like that. So imho that’s pretty accessible and open.
casmael@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Huh I didn’t know that guess they just run a version of android
targetx@programming.dev 2 months ago
No it’s not running Android.
politicalcustard@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Sorry, you are correct. I researched plans to get a Kobo last year and I guess what I found out morphed from a rooted Kobo with Koreader into Kobo being open source. My apologies.