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It’s a free software firmware replacement for ereaders based on Alpine Linux.
I’ve not tried it myself but wonder how it compares to the stock firmware on Kobo, particularly in terms of battery life and general performance.
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I’d never even heard of it before, but it sounds hella interesting! I’d like to know more as well.
As is customary with absolutely every single device and non-device in existence, the developer has made it run DOOM.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=xb-FgfQZEUM
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I posted a deep dive in the original thread https://discuss.online/post/5399506
I, the second developer made it, but doom is old now. Now we watch youtube on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRqquXvsR1Q :D
Oh wow! The refreshrate on that is surprisingly fast! Is this via VNC or is the processor on that device just that speedy?
Fully custom software
That’s really cool! I have to see what type of Kobo reader I have because this feels like a weekend project.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=hRqquXvsR1Q
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
