Open distros for e-readers?

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  • koreader

    An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

    • IIRC, most of these generic eink devices are just running Linaro, which is technically open if a limited embedded system (kernel sources are definitely available, not sure how feasible it is to build the distro itself though). The i.MX 8 based readers are armhf so you should be able to debootstrap a chrooted debian on them (koreader 2022.02 release notes have an example for setting up a chroot).

  • okreader

    Free/libre software for Kobo ebook readers

    • It is not a complete operating system, though, just a document reader. But there have been distributions based on this, like okreader (which seems to be an abandoned project).

  • InfluxDB

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  • quill

    An open-source, Qt-based eBook reader for Kobos (and other devices). (by Quill-OS)

    • inkbox for kobo e-readers is great. It should be possible to port to other e-readers too

  • pmaports

    • One thing to be careful about -- the first part of the SD card has the waveform calibration data for your specific device so you should back that up before doing anything too risky (MR to add support to postmarketos has more info on that).

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