Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019)

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Post by slondr » Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 7:25 PM UTC

Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019)
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Re: Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019)

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Post by cstross » Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

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.)

Re: Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019)

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Post by da_big_ghey » Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 8:21 PM UTC

cstross wrote: post #2

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.)

Ahh, a classic. Original source is still online: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/installing-l...

Re: Running a full desktop environment on a Kindle (2019)

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Post by FreakyT » Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 8:44 PM UTC

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.