[HN Gopher] Running a full desktop environment on an Amazon Kindle
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       Running a full desktop environment on an Amazon Kindle
        
       Author : slondr
       Score  : 75 points
       Date   : 2020-11-30 19:25 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | 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
        
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