I have had pretty good luck using my Nokia N900 in the sunshine. I have been known to read using FBreader on it, as well as using other apps. Now my preference is white text on a black background, but that seems to work out pretty well...
--b On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com>wrote: > I'm a long-time user of Debian, and also have an e-paper ebook reader. > It occurs to me that something like a Debian laptop with an e-ink screen > would be extremely useful, for, say, sitting on a sunny back porch in the > summer and programming -- a situation where the normal luminous screens > are a complete washout. No, I don't expect to be able to watch videos on > an e-ink screen. But the kind of (non)dynamism that occurs when editing > code in emacs should be easily achievable. > > Anybody know of any hardware that could be used (or, if necessary, > abused) for this purpose? Preferably with bog-standard Debian? > > -- hendrik > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/km8kf8$6s8$1...@ger.gmane.org > >