Only for reading, easily available in EU, low budget: which e-ink device/distro?
I’m looking for something to read books on, copied over from a local collection (mostly .epub). Networking is not desired, a fast USB connection is. A good battery or exchangeable battery would be nice.
Not too large - maximum DIN A5 for the whole device.
I remember from years ago that some devices were deemed unhackable, some much more suitable to install Linux on.
I’d prefer to buy used, so something that was sold a lot in Europe is preferable.
I will not spend much more than €100.
In other words, some old commercial e-reader that was known for being hackable, I guess.
Please do not recommend the new PineNote, it’s (slightly) too large and way too expensive and I don’t think I need that much computing power.
Thanks in advance.
ah no, sorry. it’s a Kobo Touch. very cheap when bought second hand. and together with the right cough subsription over at anna’s archive almost free 🤭
the screen eventually broke. was able to replace the screen with just a the right screwdriver (and the correct replacement part).
That sounds really good. Do e-readers generally require some sort of registration on first use?
i think many vendors couple it to their DRM ridden online stores that sell you “epub” files that aren’t thst and that don’t work outside that device