Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On 04/07/2012 07:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Having a bad track record of not taking care of dead tree books, I am looking to buy an electronic book reader. (...) I'm following very closely the ongoing movements of Kobo¹ and Vivaldi². While the former conforms a complete set of hardware/software/e-books the later is a tablet (no e-ink based display) that runs KDE Plasma SC, but both projects seem to share the same objective: let the user to decide. ¹http://www.kobo.com ²http://makeplaylive.com Thanks! I am more oriented towards the Kobo, since it is an ebook reader specifically. The promise of an open platform seems alluring. Do you know if it runs GNU/Linux or whether I'll be able to install it? Seems perfect, reasonably priced too, thanks. Sorry I didn't mark my post OT, I wasn't sure if it was, since it kind of involves Debian. Greetings, -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f81bb02.1060...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:21:22 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: On 04/07/2012 07:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Having a bad track record of not taking care of dead tree books, I am looking to buy an electronic book reader. (...) I'm following very closely the ongoing movements of Kobo¹ and Vivaldi². (...) Thanks! I am more oriented towards the Kobo, since it is an ebook reader specifically. The promise of an open platform seems alluring. Do you know if it runs GNU/Linux or whether I'll be able to install it? Seems perfect, reasonably priced too, thanks. Mmm... according to Wikipedia¹, Kobo e-Readers run Linux (no additional info is given) and according to their spcecs sheet², they're based on SoC, Freescale processor, thus ARM based³. I'm not sure how feasible would be installing a different OS on such devices, but neither forget about guarantee which sure will be lost after replacing the OS with something else. Sorry I didn't mark my post OT, I wasn't sure if it was, since it kind of involves Debian. No prob. I just tagged it as OT just because it was not directly related to Debian, but regardless related or not I find it an interesting subject :-) ¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers#Electronic-paper_displays ²http://www.kobobooks.com/touch_tech ³http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.MX#i.MX50_family Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jlsfke$f2u$1...@dough.gmane.org
[OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Having a bad track record of not taking care of dead tree books, I am looking to buy an electronic book reader. (...) I'm following very closely the ongoing movements of Kobo¹ and Vivaldi². While the former conforms a complete set of hardware/software/e-books the later is a tablet (no e-ink based display) that runs KDE Plasma SC, but both projects seem to share the same objective: let the user to decide. ¹http://www.kobo.com ²http://makeplaylive.com Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jlpquq$60e$8...@dough.gmane.org
[OT] Free Software Phone was Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Digressing from the OT digression ... anyone know of a smartphone that runs OSS only? I dislike letting my carrier tell me what hardware features I can use, for instance. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120407165936.ga11...@panix.com
Re: [OT] Free Software Phone was Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On 08/04/12 02:59, Carl Fink wrote: Digressing from the OT digression ... anyone know of a smartphone that runs OSS only? I dislike letting my carrier tell me what hardware features I can use, for instance. Yes - the GTA4 from Golden Delicious is the best and it will run Debian. Unfortunately the GSM stack is not completely open (OpenStack may change that), it's pricey (but worth it) and it's lower powered than other Smart phones. That said it's actually a very nice phone with good reception and sound. I've got some 3D printable cases designs for it somewhere - PirateBay may have more (nothing illegal involved). http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04referer=Neo%20Freerunner Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f80e496.7090...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] Free Software Phone was Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:06:30AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: Yes - the GTA4 from Golden Delicious is the best and it will run Debian. Unfortunately the GSM stack is not completely open (OpenStack may change that), it's pricey (but worth it) and it's lower powered than other Smart phones. That said it's actually a very nice phone with good reception and sound. I've got some 3D printable cases designs for it somewhere - PirateBay may have more (nothing illegal involved). http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04referer=Neo%20Freerunner Thank you. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120408031310.ga10...@panix.com
