I also recently went looking for an eReader, but my research ended in finding nothing Libre. That said, I needed one, so I too went with Kobo. They let you upload epubs by USB, which means you can get your books from anywhere. They have DRM-free books in their store, although I don't use it. I have the best one (the Aura H2O, which is waterproof) and I can admit it is rather slow (for an ereader) but it surely seems the most predisposed to freedom.
-------- Original Message -------- From: [email protected] Sent: December 26, 2015 12:00:13 PM EST To: [email protected] Subject: libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 70, Issue 27 Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Best e-reader for free software compatibility (Michael Lamb) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 18:47:16 -0500 From: Michael Lamb <[email protected]> To: Koz Ross <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Best e-reader for free software compatibility Message-ID: <CADR=bjrt2p5k4ro9itkqfdzyour0ffikf6d2nbehq_bsc+m...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm currently investigating the Kobo e-readers. While the bundled software is proprietary, it might not be impossible to eventually develop Free Software replacements for it. The software is single-purpose (not Android-based) and built upon GNU/Linux and the QT toolkit (http://www.qt.io/) Unfortunately the last free software replacement effort I knew of for devices like these http://openinkpot.org is abandoned. Kobo nevertheless looks promising to me because: - Kobo obeys the GPL and releases the source they are required to. (Or at least, they have in the past, for at least some of their system): https://github.com/kobolabs/Kobo-Reader - Some (like the $90 Kobo Touch 2.0) are built upon a Freescale i.MX6 Solo Lite processor. The Novena community is working to Free the GPU on the more powerful versions of the Freescale i.MX6, so I hope this implies the Solo Light version will work with stock Linux kernels without issues. http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page Unfortunately, I have no idea what the touchscreen, display, and wifi hardware in the Kobo Touch 2.0 is, or if it requires nonfree firmware or drivers. If I can somehow confirm that it hasn't been made *impossible* to develop free replacement software for use on the device, that's good enough for me, given that most devices require herculean reverse-engineering efforts to even get started, if they don't restrict the user from modifications altogether. On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Koz Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been looking at Defective By Design, and would like to switch several of > my family members over to something better than their Swindles. However, the > site only talks about DRM, not software freedom - and I would really prefer a > free-software-friendly e-reader. Which ones are good in this regard? ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 70, Issue 27 *************************************************** Connor Doherty -- [Sent from K-9 Mail on Replicant Android]
