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Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by ornornor »

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…

Check out https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookshelf.koplugin

I had the same problem with the missing Home Screen view and that solved it: you can see all your books no matter how deeply nested they are

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by ornornor »

ZeWaka wrote: post #45
eddythompson80 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> I don’t like the “file explorer” view Exact reason why despite having a jailbroken Kindle, I stick to the stock book browser. It's so tough to navigate on an old-gen Kindle with a low refresh rate.

Check out this plugin: https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookshelf.koplugin

I had the same problem and someone here shared the plugin, it does the job very well independently of your file structure and nesting.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by noduerme »

dewey wrote: post #30
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.

You don’t have any Chinese made electronics in your home network otherwise? TV, router, networking gear etc?

No. I mean, I don't allow appliances onto my network. I have a dumb TV. Apart from a Roku with some netflix credentials, only my phone and my laptop have any software that's logged into my tailnet, vpn, bank accounts, email, etc.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by ornornor »

timvdalen wrote: post #20
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…

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.

Auto dark mode after dusk based on your location

Better page flip area options

Active corners that can do custom things and with layers

More text layout options (although the stock kobo firmware is decent at that already)

It’s a bit cumbersome to setup but once you’re done it pays back in how pleasant it makes the device to use.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by mlrtime »

stefanfisk wrote: post #9
tryauuum wrote: post #6

ah, to live in a country where the government doesn't block wireguard packets

As someone completely out of the loop - which countries block WireGuard packets en masse?

Wireguard was completely broken for me in Dubai but Tailscale worked.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by lostlogin »

dewey wrote: post #30
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.

You don’t have any Chinese made electronics in your home network otherwise? TV, router, networking gear etc?

I used to worry about this, but what’s more likely, trouble with Chinese electronics or American? And if travelling though either of those places?

Between the two of them, it rules out most the devices I have or what like.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by Retr0id »

larodi wrote: post #56

I suspect my jailbroken Kindles will soon get a brand new, in-house developed bare-metal OS of my own design 100%, as it is now possible to do it, which was nearly impossible few years ago...

What makes it possible now, is there a new mediatek bootrom vuln?

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by ktaube »

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…

Exactly my thoughts. But it all changed when i just put the tailscale proxy on kindle and allowed claude to ssh into it. Now i can just configure it remotely and never really need to do anything else except reading on kindle itself.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by mlitwiniuk »

Cider9986 wrote: post #55
mlitwiniuk wrote: post #24

Ok, this one crosses the bar - time to jailbreak my Kindle. On days when I don't vibe-code (or code less), I get this withdrawal-like feeling (lack of dopamine?), and I tend to spend too much time watching dumb X posts or striving for anything that ticks my nerves. Actually, I could use this time to catch up on my RSS queue.

Here's the guide https://kindlemodding.org/

Thanks. So now I have no choice? :)
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