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Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by criddell »

kioleanu wrote: post #43
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.

I’ve only just installed it this week, but for me: - DRM support (via a Plugin) - Dark mode on an older device - SSH Server - Custom dictionaries Next on my list is to find a plugin that can transform imperial to metric for when I’m reading American books Edit: oh and also something that syncs my progress on books not bought from Amazon on multiple devices

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
    But I have promises to keep,
    And kilometers to go before I sleep,
    And kilometers to go before I sleep.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by skydhash »

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…

The UI can be confusing at first. Bu take some time to get familiar with it and it can be really nice. The main benefits for me is dealing with poorly formatted epub and sensible viewing of pdf on small screen (kobo libra 2). There’s also OPDS support to connect to my calibre server instance and get book that way.

There’s no benefits if you get your books from the stores. But if you manage your ebook library yourself, koreader is great.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by criddell »

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…

Which DRM does it support? Can you buy Amazon books and read them? If so, does the DRM plugin come from Amazon?

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by ktaube »

Xerox9213 wrote: post #89
ktaube wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Why does Tailscale need to be used for Claude? Can’t you just ssh into it locally?

For me Tailscale is what i setup for all my homelab services. This way my Kindle feels like just another homelab service exposed by Tailscale. I'm sure you can do it differently.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by [deleted] »

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.

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Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by benterris »

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.

In addition to stuff mentioned by others, things I like:

- Fully customizable status bars, top and bottom (I like book progress at the top, chapter progress at the bottom, various indicators like remaining time, brightness level...)

- Custom dictionaries (like reader.dict, very complete), and choice over how to display them

- Advanced typography stuff (override publisher font if you like, add all the ligatures...)

- Fully customizable gestures (jump anywhere, recent locations, skim book, bookmark page, adjust brightness...)

- Book map: see a schematic view of the whole book, with chapters / subchapters length (gives me a feeling of how much I've read and is left to read, as would a real book)

- Page number / count that "just works" (epubs on kobo don't count actual page flips which I find annoying)

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by larodi »

Retr0id wrote: post #68
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?

LLMs got powerful enough to implement much of what's missing from scratch. My guess is most older devices/bootloaders would soon be jailbroken/cracked in some... automated manner thanks to LLMs getting very powerful in reverse-engineering. There are plenty of implications we should think so.

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by Retr0id »

larodi wrote: post #98
Retr0id wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

LLMs got powerful enough to implement much of what's missing from scratch. My guess is most older devices/bootloaders would soon be jailbroken/cracked in some... automated manner thanks to LLMs getting very powerful in reverse-engineering. There are plenty of implications we should think so.

Well, as of today I am not aware of any applicable bootchain exploits. Bootroms are small, and it's plausible for there to be no software bugs to find, regardless of how smart your LLM or human brain is (which is why fault injection modchips exist).

Re: More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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Post by pastage »

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…

> I care about

Feels like you have my problem: "I can not be bother to switch from another app".

When every one wants their e-reader with custom setup you get that long list of options. Since the beginning of computing I have always wanted a custom UI on apps, i.e. add an icon here that does these three things in the app, or "add this view to that window". Even browsers plugins have a hard time getting it right.

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