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thoughts on ereaders/kindles?

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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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iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee
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What do you mean with OS alternatives?

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infeeeee@lemm.ee
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You can install PostmarketOS on several kobo devices, e.g.: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Kobo_Clara_HD_(kobo-clara)

PostmarketOS is a general linux distro based on alpine linux.

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Prunebutt@feddit.de
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The only one I know is Inkbox OS https://inkbox.ddns.net/

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Shin@lemmy.world
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Yeah, this and Koreader are the ones I was referring to. Sorry for not listing anything.

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beSyl@slrpnk.net
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Koreader is one. Plato is another.

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SatyrSack@lemmy.one
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Those are glorifies apps that you install on top of the default OS

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