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Only for reading, easily available in EU, low budget: which e-ink device/distro? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by A_norny_mousse@feddit.org to c/linux@programming.dev

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Only for reading, easily available in EU, low budget: which e-ink device/distro?

I'm looking for something to read books on, copied over from a local collection (mostly .epub). Networking is not desired, a fast USB connection is. A good battery or exchangeable battery would be nice.

Not too large - maximum DIN A5 for the whole device.

I remember from years ago that some devices were deemed unhackable, some much more suitable to install Linux on.

I'd prefer to buy used, so something that was sold a lot in Europe is preferable.

I will not spend much more than €100.

In other words, some old commercial e-reader that was known for being hackable, I guess.

Please do not recommend the new PineNote, it's (slightly) too large and way too expensive and I don't think I need that much computing power.

Thanks in advance.

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[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have a Kobo Clara ~~2~~ BW, and just keep the Internet off. I use Calibre to transfer files to it.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Thanks. Does it require some sort of registering when you first use it?

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kobo devices ask you to login with a Rakuten account, but by an one-time job writing to a sqlite file it's skipable.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Precious info.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

IIRC, no. But I'm not sure, it's been a couple of years.