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Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by kybernetikos »

mariusor wrote: post #112
zhdc1 wrote: post #105

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The Onyx Boox series is really good. The writing experience is almost as good as a Remarkable. The reading experience is excellent, and it's runs Android.

> and it's runs Android I apologize for the snark, but I refuse to see how this is a plus over "it runs vanilla linux".

If you have ebooks in a number of different ecosystems, perhaps kobo, comixology, kindle, adobe digital editions, pdf, actual epubs, microsoft word documents, then it's amazing having access to the official apps to read those file formats and connect to the online services.

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by LegitShady »

shados wrote: post #127
LegitShady wrote: post #83

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My problem with it is that I'd rather have an iPad and a cheaper e-reader to get access to many more apps and functions. If it was 1/2 the price it would be at least interesting but I use the iPad to read ebooks, to browse the web, to paint in procreate, to sequence synths and record using an audio interface, to watch YouTube in the kitchen or Netflix in bed, and with a logitech keyboard work on documents in Microsof…

The point of a remarkable is to be an e-ink notebook to write in. It has a few extra features, like, it CAN be used as an e-reader, but it's not really its primary focus. So with that in mind, an e-ink reader doesn't make for a good writing device, and an ipad is lacking the wacom style e-ink tablet. Is it overpriced for what it is? Yeah, probably, that's the curse of small batch hardware in the world of Google and A…

Imho the only thing the iPad loses over Wacom is the shape of the pen (my pro pen 2 is head and shoulders more comfortable to use than the apple pencil). The remarkable pen is not much different than the apple pencil. Wacoms strength is their application support/drivers support which remarkable doesn't have and iPad has its own ecosystem. I suppose also that you can get very large tablet displays with Wacom too while the iPad tops out at roughly 13".

Facebook has been pushing ads for this device at me since it was available and each time I look I can't imagine why anyone would want one except that they have money to burn and time to waste beta testing on something that doesn't have an ecosystem but has a low power screen.

Amazon is already a major consumer of eink screens and could eat their lunch tomorrow and close the whole company down in a year. There's no future for it without an app ecosystem and a more compelling reason to exist

An iPad and an e-reader do much more than a remarkable for not that much difference in cost. I dont see a long term future for their company or product

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by _hyn3 »

throwaway09223 wrote: post #97
kayodelycaon wrote: post #92

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It very much is true. I do it all the time. If the target device is running ssh, you can use rsync on the source. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-copy... Edit: Looks like I was wrong.

No, it is not true. You're misunderstanding how this works. The document you link is using ssh as a transport protocol as opposed to the rsync protocol. The rsync binary must be installed on both systems for this to work. When you run something like: rsync file user@rhost:/dest/path The local rsync binary invokes ssh, and then executes the rsync binary on the remote system and from there the two instances of rsync ef…

Exactly. You absolutely must have the rsync binary installed locally. The rsync "server" should only actually be run if you know you need it (that is, only if you are providing rsync services to other people).

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by mintplant »

Eeems wrote: post #95
idorosen wrote: post #15

My only regret about this device is that it seems to lack full disk encryption on the device or any meaningful privacy (encryption) for documents stored in reMarkable Cloud...which is all of them if you want to use features like Screen Share (f.k.a. LiveView). ReMarkable should not be able to access contents of docs backed up from my device without my password or recovery key, but AFAICT, there is no such protection…

gocryptfs is available in toltec[0]. So you could in theory add full device encryption behind a password on startup. I know there has been some work on creating a UI for this kind of setup, but I don't know if anyone has actually released one yet. 0. https://toltec-dev.org/stable/

The UI stuff is here: https://blog.redteam-pentesting.de/2021/remarkable-encryptio...

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by cookingmyserver »

jaywalk wrote: post #124
formerly_proven wrote: post #64

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Oh, true! I thought it was the MAC address in tiny print on iPhones but it's actually the FCC ID and IMEI. On the other hand, all smartphones have the MAC and serial number easily accessible in their settings menu.

You must not have seen an iPhone in quite a while. There is absolutely nothing printed on iPhones these days, all of the regulatory stuff is under the Settings menu.

Depends on the country. Although they have been hiding it pretty well, and usually it is only symbols and not detailed information like IDs.

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by smhost »

mariusor wrote: post #112
zhdc1 wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Onyx Boox series is really good. The writing experience is almost as good as a Remarkable. The reading experience is excellent, and it's runs Android.

> and it's runs Android I apologize for the snark, but I refuse to see how this is a plus over "it runs vanilla linux".

vanilla linux doesn't have any good ereader apps

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by syshum »

kayodelycaon wrote: post #91
morpheuskafka wrote: post #10

I work part-time for my university's help desk and I was both impressed and disappointed the first time I came across one of these--one the one hand, its highly customizable and supports SSH access. On the other hand, there is shockingly no way to get the MAC address without connecting via SSH, even though this is popular among academics who often need to get onto MAC filtered networks. In hindsight, we probably coul…

The reMarkable is surprisingly good for its primary purpose. Everything else it does... is limited. They things they did do are done well given how they are implemented. The epub/pdf experience sucks because it doesn't have a real pdf reader. It just renders the epub to pdf and then throw the pdf into the note-taking app. Arguably, none of the functionality is half-assed. It works very well as a writing tablet. It ab…

hmm I found the eBook functionality to be passable. I read ebooks and PDF's on my Remarkable 2 all the time

>It absolutely sucks as a general purpose device because everything except the very core experience is flat-out missing.

As is intended, I do not want a general purpose device, I want an electronic notebook, to replace what used to be many many paper notebooks I used to keep meeting notes, daily activity logs, quick todo lists, etc.

I do not want email on it, I do not want notifications on it, I wanted to replace my paper notebook, and be able to read ebooks

The Remarkable 2 replaced my Paper-white and all physical notebooks for me.

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by Andrex »

chefandy wrote: post #77
Andrex wrote: post #57

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My primary use-case right now is storyboarding. The RM2 has dozens of templates (notebook paper, grid paper, etc.) and three of them are storyboard templates at various sizes. I haven't been able to adjust to Wacoms etc., but drawing on the RM2's display feels "right." I can zip through drawing up storyboards and then email the PDF immediately to collaborators. I can choose to send individual pages as PNGs, too. Only…

It does— thanks. Storyboarding is about the level of graphic capability I'd need. I keep trying to adjust to using my iPad Pro w/Apple Pencil 2. It's an incredibly capable set of tools, but I just can't get comfortable with it.

I can't speak to iPads but the RM2 really almost feels like paper, it's very close to having a real sketchpad.

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by necovek »

LegitShady wrote: post #132
shados wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The point of a remarkable is to be an e-ink notebook to write in. It has a few extra features, like, it CAN be used as an e-reader, but it's not really its primary focus. So with that in mind, an e-ink reader doesn't make for a good writing device, and an ipad is lacking the wacom style e-ink tablet. Is it overpriced for what it is? Yeah, probably, that's the curse of small batch hardware in the world of Google and A…

Imho the only thing the iPad loses over Wacom is the shape of the pen (my pro pen 2 is head and shoulders more comfortable to use than the apple pencil). The remarkable pen is not much different than the apple pencil. Wacoms strength is their application support/drivers support which remarkable doesn't have and iPad has its own ecosystem. I suppose also that you can get very large tablet displays with Wacom too while…

I don't have a rm2, but I am intrigued by all the praise for the paper-like feel of the pen/screen combination: have you tried it and not noticed any difference, or are you simply talking based on the specs?

Honestly wondering because it's too expensive to be an impulse buy for me, on top of not being available to my country, so I'd have to jump through hoops and pay extra to get it locally, but I am hoping I can replace gobbles of paper with one device like that.

Re: I bricked then recovered my reMarkable 2

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Post by CPLX »

syshum wrote: post #137
kayodelycaon wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The reMarkable is surprisingly good for its primary purpose. Everything else it does... is limited. They things they did do are done well given how they are implemented. The epub/pdf experience sucks because it doesn't have a real pdf reader. It just renders the epub to pdf and then throw the pdf into the note-taking app. Arguably, none of the functionality is half-assed. It works very well as a writing tablet. It ab…

hmm I found the eBook functionality to be passable. I read ebooks and PDF's on my Remarkable 2 all the time >It absolutely sucks as a general purpose device because everything except the very core experience is flat-out missing. As is intended, I do not want a general purpose device, I want an electronic notebook, to replace what used to be many many paper notebooks I used to keep meeting notes, daily activity logs,…

I am completely on your side, that's the same reason I bought mine.

But damm I sure wish I had a way to take a note on my iPhone and have it show up on my Remarkable. That would mean when I pick up the Remarkable it has all my notes on it.

Anyone know a good way to do that?

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