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Looking for an ebook reader (hardware) which doesn't hold a proprietary OS (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wanna buy an ebook reader but i don't want any amazon or other companies shit in there, just something i can connect to my pc, pass ebooks in different formats into it and read.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I have a Remarkable 2 as well that I love. But I also have an old Sony PRS-500 that is still kicking along and takes ePubs without any problems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

the remarkable software is proprietary. they just run it on linux and give you root via ssh, but installing anything voids your warranty...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's basically just a Kindle but you don't have to use an exploit to gain root access?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

no, it is quite fancy hardware, almost a4 paper sized, very thin and with an amazing hand writing experience and pretty good ocr.

Its a good device, but also quite expensive

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