On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am > looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > The Amazon's Kindle does look good and it boasts a Linux kernel, but I > am very disappointed at the many restrictions they want to place on me: > automatic installation of firmware, limitations to its use, access to my > data, and ads! To mention a few. > > I know it's possible to circumvent these restrictions, but what I am > looking for is a hardware reader that is designed to respect my > freedoms. Preferably one that runs a GNU/Linux system, and which I am > allowed to tinker with. It does not have to work out of the box, and I > am prepared to invest time in it and deal with bugs, as I would with a > regular computer, provided it has a community around it to support it, > as Linux distros do. > > Any suggestions?
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