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Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by eddythompson80 »

benterris wrote: post #15

KOReader (mentioned in the article, an alternative OSS interface you can install on most ereaders) is really a marvellous piece of software. I was not sure about setting it up at first, fearing it would drain battery out of my Kobo and whatnot, but I never had any issue with it. The amount of stuff you can customize to your liking has no limit and I feel I have reached the endgame of reading comfort. If you own an er…

I don’t know man. Maybe it’s a great reader for those who really need to customize everything. However, I found it very hard to use. I can never find settings where I’d expect them to be. Is font or margins or hyphenation under the Gear symbol or the Document symbol or the Wrench symbol or the long-press book settings? Is it then under Typography, Display, Style, Text or Miscellaneous?

I had it on my ereader to check it out, but never got around to it. One time on a long flight I had a Gutenberg Project book that wasn’t rendering correctly and thought I’d give KOReader a try. Spent like 10 minutes trying to find how to disable hyphenation. And even if you get to the right menu, there will be a dozen options to scroll through on 1-3 pages. Maybe if I had internet to check where each setting is to set it up, but it’s not very intuitive to configure. I came from Kobo default reader where all the settings I care about are all front and center and you find them in the first place you look all grouped together.

Also, I realize this is a personal preference, I don’t like the “file explorer” view. I prefer a “library” view like Kobo or Kindle defaults to. If that makes sense.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by Kudos »

noduerme wrote: post #16

I own a Boox and I've thought about putting it on my tailnet... I love the device, but unfortunately, I trust it about as far as I trust the Chinese government, which means no connections to my accounts or networks, ever. It's a shame.

Can't let a Boox mention go by without highlighting that they've never released the linux kernel source for any of their devices. They've been challenged on it and refused to comply with the GPL for over 10 years now.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by reddalo »

navigate8310 wrote: post #12
cprecioso wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I knew this was the case, but I did a couple of stopovers in China earlier this year when flying to/from Japan, and using Tailscale to connect through my local homelab worked perfectly.

All mobile roaming traffic is tunneled through your home country. The host network simply forwards everything to and from your provider at home.

Which is also why you get Google results in your own language, even if you're in Japan. Google receive your requests from an IP address in your own country.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by timvdalen »

dizhn wrote: post #22
timvdalen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes it so good for you? I'm very comfortable with installing stuff like this in general, but I've never felt the need to install KOReader since I don't experience any issues with the basic software. The only thing I'd maybe like is syncing reading progress with TheStoryGraph, but I can't imagine what else I might want.

You can read epubs directly. Cloud storage. It's got like everything so you should check out the features list.

What does directly mean? I can read epubs directly now (but more importantly, kepubs)

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by timvdalen »

globular-toast wrote: post #27
timvdalen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes it so good for you? I'm very comfortable with installing stuff like this in general, but I've never felt the need to install KOReader since I don't experience any issues with the basic software. The only thing I'd maybe like is syncing reading progress with TheStoryGraph, but I can't imagine what else I might want.

A few things I like: - More frontlight options. Ability to toggle on/off easily using corner taps, - More page layout and typography options e.g. custom fonts, - Ability to load from Calibre over WiFi (I never plug mine in via USB). Worth nothing that KOReader doesn't replace the default Kobo firmware. It's easy to install and you launch it from the Kobo firmware so it's easy to quit and go back to normal.

> Worth nothing that KOReader doesn't replace the default Kobo firmware. It's easy to install and you launch it from the Kobo firmware so it's easy to quit and go back to normal.

Ah, that's definitely something I missed, sounds like a good reason to give it a try!

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by dewey »

eddythompson80 wrote: post #31
benterris wrote: post #15

KOReader (mentioned in the article, an alternative OSS interface you can install on most ereaders) is really a marvellous piece of software. I was not sure about setting it up at first, fearing it would drain battery out of my Kobo and whatnot, but I never had any issue with it. The amount of stuff you can customize to your liking has no limit and I feel I have reached the endgame of reading comfort. If you own an er…

I don’t know man. Maybe it’s a great reader for those who really need to customize everything. However, I found it very hard to use. I can never find settings where I’d expect them to be. Is font or margins or hyphenation under the Gear symbol or the Document symbol or the Wrench symbol or the long-press book settings? Is it then under Typography, Display, Style, Text or Miscellaneous? I had it on my ereader to check…

> Also, I realize this is a personal preference, I don’t like the “file explorer” view. I prefer a “library” view like Kobo or Kindle defaults to. If that makes sense.

I'm with you, my reading device is something where I don't want to fiddle or be distracted by settings and options. I just want a stock, opinionated device with good defaults that just works and I have to charge once a month. That's it.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by kioleanu »

okeuro49 wrote: post #23
kioleanu wrote: post #18

I’ve just jailbroken my Kindle this week. I have a Paperwhite 7th Generation and my biggest problem was that I didn’t have dark mode on it. Turns out the only reason that is is because Amazon didn’t want me to have it. Maybe maybe I’ll buy a new device. KOReader has no problem with dark mode and is much faster and snappier than the Kindle software. What’s funnier is that both my son and my wife have the Paperwhite 10…

> Same exact device, different software depending on when it was bought. Can't you update it to the latest firmware? https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

I had no idea I can update it manually, I’ve always relied on the over the air update, that, in this case, says I’m on the newest version

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by dizhn »

timvdalen wrote: post #34
dizhn wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can read epubs directly. Cloud storage. It's got like everything so you should check out the features list.

What does directly mean? I can read epubs directly now (but more importantly, kepubs)

I think I assumed you have a Kindle. Sorry.
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