Hi! Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> [2020-12-03 09:58:22+0100]: > I'm looking for an open ebook reader, at least something that runs free > software.
I’m happy with my Kobo Glo. By default it has a pretty hackable Linux install with a proprietary UI, but it’s possible to run koreader¹ on it, and even compile the kernel & uboot yourself². It does need some firmware blobs for initializing the display, but other than that it can run with just free software (except for wi-fi). Unforunately the chipset is not supported in the mainstream kernel, so it’s limited to the ancient 2.6.something kernel released by Kobo, which does not work with the newer glibcs. I did manage to get Alpine running on it with musl. Newer Kobo models are available and apparently just as hackable, so that might be worth checking out. ¹ https://github.com/koreader/koreader ² https://github.com/lgeek/okreader
