dontblinkLooking for an ebook reader (hardware) which doesn't hold a proprietary OS
bbbhltzI’ve looked into this in the past and settled on Kobo. You can disable the telemetry and never use the the Rakuten account part and have a very good ereader… And you can install the open source KOReader software.
MobileRead forums and wiki are a good resource for ebook stuff.
For example, a breakdown of the hidden configs on Kobo devices wiki.mobileread.com/…/Kobo_Configuration_Options
GitHub - koreader/koreader: An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices
An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreader
N1cknamedMy kobo is great. You never have to connect it to the internet if you don’t want to. I transfer epub files to it via USB.
reallyzenSame here. I only buy drm-free from ebooksdotcom, and transfer them with caliber. My kobo wifi isn’t even configured.
and (for anyone reading this later) if you are all about keeping things up to date, you can sideload firmware
wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo_Firmware_Releases#F…
(at your own risk)
massive_bereavement*Calibre. (link for those that don't know it: https://calibre-ebook.com/)
Ferk+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
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
AFAIK every single ebook reader on the market actually runs Linux under the hood!
un parts of europe, you can get some kobos branded as “tolino” - they have the same hardware, but actually run on android
Kobo readers are really neat, I’ve been using them for over a decade and I don’t remember ever using a Rakuten account or even going online with them for anything but software updates or connecting to my local library system (which Kindle can’t do). I use Calibre on the desktop to manage, convert and load my reader and that’s it.