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Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
PiWrite – Kindle Paperwhite to Write
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#12I went down this rabbit hole two weeks ago, but settled on using a Lenovo ThinkSmart View instead: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2023/09/22/1230
How does the ThinkSmart handle authentication? I did a little experiment with Samsung Dex to see if the Android-only environment could work. So far - I found it way less distracting not having all my current tabs/finder windows open. I could definitely see it as a nice "writing appliance" that I could put in a quiet corner for the end of the day.
I'm using termux, so I ssh in to a machine where my drafts are (although I have SyncThing installed and can theoretically use that, I haven't bothered). The ThinkSmart can lock itself in the usual ways.
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#13I went down this rabbit hole two weeks ago, but settled on using a Lenovo ThinkSmart View instead: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2023/09/22/1230
is it a standard lcd/led display that emits blue light versus the paper white safer one?
It is a standard LCD display with amazing contrast (black is just... black, and I use a white-on-black full screen terminal), although I wouldn't want to get into a debate regarding safety here (let's just say I don't subscribe to pseudo-science).
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#14Want: Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
Remarkable 2 with folio case gets close!
Re: PiWrite – Kindle Paperwhite to Write
#15Want: Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
There are a few writing appliances out there trying to do that, but they are all based on proprietary solutions. It _might_ be possible to get a decent e-ink display with a passable refresh rate at non-monopolistic prices and bypass the Rube Goldberg-esque setup by just plugging that into a Pi via SPI, but right now there just aren't many options for that out there.
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#16Want: Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
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#17Want: Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
Boox Tab Ultra?
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#18Probably a stupid question, but does Kindle have any "native" app support? I'm surprised the it even has a browser. I wonder what are the limitations?
I was wondering if Amazon, instead of wasting money and time on Fire phones/tablets, had poured a portion of that resource into making native Kindle apps a thing, maybe it could have a more compelling ecosystem by now.
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#19Want: Mechanical Keyboard with an OS powering a PaperWhite screen.
These are good but lack the OS.
I want Linux and/or ssh
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#20Probably a stupid question, but does Kindle have any "native" app support? I'm surprised the it even has a browser. I wonder what are the limitations?
it runs linux and you can compile a decent amount of stuff for it with an armhf toolchain. just have to jailbreak.