[HN Gopher] Running a full desktop environment on an Amazon Kindle ___________________________________________________________________ Running a full desktop environment on an Amazon Kindle Author : slondr Score : 75 points Date : 2020-11-30 19:25 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (nns.ee) (TXT) w3m dump (nns.ee) | aminozuur wrote: | Day 192 of lockdown. | obrajesse wrote: | Everything old is new again. | | https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-2-hacked-to-run-linux-5351... | jhfdbkofdcho wrote: | wow that is surprisingly not terrible | neurobashing wrote: | I would think an i3-type WM would work better since there's less | need to move windows around. | samspenc wrote: | Just a note that this post (and accompanying Youtube video) are | from early 2019. Not taking away anything from this | accomplishment of course, just FYI. | caiobegotti wrote: | ...and all I wanted was to change the default screensavers, damn | you Amazon :-( | solarkraft wrote: | Easily possible! Check out the mobileread forums. | cstross wrote: | Obviously a valuable project to know about when you don't have | enough dead badgers to hand. | | https://everything2.com/title/How+to+install+Linux+on+a+dead... | | (Originally documented in Strange Horizons magazine, but the | original source appears to be offline.) | da_big_ghey wrote: | Ahh, a classic. Original source is still online: | http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/installing-l... | tppiotrowski wrote: | Amazon is still offering Kindle's with lifetime cellular | connectivity [1]. I'm not sure what kind of arbitrage | possibilities exist here... | | [1] https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Kindle-Paperwhite- | Waterproof-... | abdullahkhalids wrote: | I imagine they track usage and block accounts that abuse the | service. | TylerE wrote: | Pretty limited. The cellular connection only connects to | amazon.com and Wikipedia | tppiotrowski wrote: | The Kindle also comes with an "Experimental Browser". [1] | I've used it on an old Kindle to read the news, craigslist. | I'm not sure if it supports JS. | | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7eHUI6rSo | FreakyT wrote: | This is great! I've always wanted more hackable e-ink devices -- | the Kindle is nice but it feels like there's so much unrealized | potential of an e-ink screen. | andrepd wrote: | The reMarkable is a pretty hackable eink device. | torvald wrote: | Yeah, i imagine sitting out in the sun coding away. With modern | laptops, you can't work even with a lamp behind you because of | all the reflections. | simonmales wrote: | First I heard of Kindles having Linux installed on them, I'm | too excited by hackable e-ink device. | | Seems like Kindles will have more legs than a dated iDevice. | | I've never owned a Kindle, are they priced below their pure | hardware cost? If so they suddenly become very tempting. | | I don't know what I'm looking at but it looks like the current | generation is around 50 Euros. | trilinearnz wrote: | Link to it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx386xpDqCY ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-30 23:00 UTC)